Stratigraphic evidence for multiple Holocene advances of Lillooet Glacier, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 903-918

  Reyes, Alberto V ^a   Clague, John J ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; ECOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIER CHRONOLOGY; MOUNTAINS; PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; STRATIGRAPHY; TILL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; LILLOOET GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 6044271497     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-039     Document Type: Article

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