Western Canadian glaciers advance in concert with climate change circa 4.2 ka

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Menounos, Brian ^a   Clague, John J ^b   Osborn, Gerald ^c   Luckman, Brian H ^d   Lakeman, Thomas R ^b   Minkus, Ryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GLACIERS; MICROFLUIDICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; CENTURY (CO); CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EVENTS; IN-SITU; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); RADIOCARBON AGES; WET WINTERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 45549092362     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033172     Document Type: Article

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