Late Holocene glacial activity of Bridge Glacier, British Columbia Coast Mountains

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1753-1773

  Allen, Sandra M ^a   Smith, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOCARBON-CONTROLLED FLOATING TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; STRATIGRAPHIC LOCATIONS;

GLACIERS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 38849090822     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-059     Document Type: Article

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