Dendroglaciological evidence for Holocene glacial advances in the Todd Icefield area, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Jackson, Scott I ^a   Laxton, Sarah C ^a   Smith, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DENDROGLACIOLOGY; HOLOCENE GLACIATION; RADIOCARBON-BASED RECONSTRUCTION;

GLACIERS;

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; ICE FIELD; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ABIES LASIOCARPA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 43849101064     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-071     Document Type: Article

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