Major changes in ice stream dynamics during deglaciation of the north-western margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 721-738

  Stokes, Chris R ^a   Clark, Chris D ^b   Storrar, Robert ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEANS; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGOS; CLIMATIC WARMING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CROSS CUTTINGS; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LINEATIONS; HUDSON STRAITS; ICE DISCHARGES; ICE FLOWS; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE SHEETS; ICE STREAMS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MELTWATER PULSE; NORTH AMERICANS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OCEAN SEDIMENTS; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEA-LEVEL RISE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

PAPER SHEETING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

EID: 61649099576     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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