Chronological constraints on Cordilleran Ice Sheet glaciomarine sedimentation from core MD02-2496 off Vancouver Island (western Canada)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 941-955

  Cosma, T N ^a   Hendy, I L ^a   Chang, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENTARY; ICE SHEET PROCESSES; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEA ICE;

CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 43849102029     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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