Late Wisconsinan glacial landsystems on Atlantic Canadian shelves: New evidence from multibeam and single-beam sonar data

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-159

  Shaw, John ^a   Todd, Brian J ^a   Brushett, Denise ^b   Parrott, D Russell ^a   Bell, Trevor ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; MORAINE; MULTIBEAM SONAR; WISCONSINAN;

EID: 62649155246     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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