Old Crow tephra (140 ± 10 ka) constrains penultimate Reid glaciation in central Yukon Territory

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 1909-1915

  Ward, Brent C ^a   Bond, Jeffrey D ^b   Froese, Duane ^c   Jensen, Britta ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

DEGLACIAL; ICE SHEETS; MASS BALANCING; SOURCE REGIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; MASS BALANCE; SYNCHRONY; TEPHRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PELLY RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 53549093287     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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