Ground surface temperature history in southern Canada: Temperatures at the base of the Laurentide ice sheet and during the Holocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Chouinard, Christian ^a   Mareschal, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate; glaciation; glacier dynamics; ground surface temperature; Holocene; Laurentide ice sheet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MELTING POINT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYSTEM THEORY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

GLACIERS;

BASAL FLOW; BOREHOLE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PREDICTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SUDBURY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 57749093199     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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