Advance of alpine glaciers during final retreat of the Cordilleran ice sheet in the Finlay River area, northern British Columbia, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-200

  Lakeman, Thomas R ^a   Clague, John J ^a   Menounos, Brian ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cordilleran ice sheet; Finlay River; Fraser glaciation; late glacial; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; LAST GLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; TEPHRA; VALLEY GLACIER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FINLAY RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40949140968     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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