Late Pleistocene mountain glaciation in Alaska: Key chronologies

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 659-670

  Briner, Jason P ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chronology; Glaciation; Late Pleistocene; Mountain glacier

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VALLEY GLACIER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949106736     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1196     Document Type: Article

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