Improving age estimates for late Holocene glacial landforms using dendrochronology - Some examples from Garibaldi Provincial Park, British Columbia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-139

  Koch, Johannes ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age height correction; British Columbia; Dendrochronology; Ecesis; Moraines; Western Americas

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; TREE RING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59849106979     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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