Deglaciation ages and meltwater routing in the Fort McMurray region, northeastern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1608-1624

  Fisher, Timothy G ^a   Waterson, Nickolas ^b   Lowell, Thomas V ^b   Hajdas, Irka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BOREAL FORESTS; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATION; DOWNSLOPE; DRAINAGE BASIN; HUDSON BAY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MASKING EFFECT; MCMURRAY; MODELING RESULTS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROGLACIAL LAKES; RIVER VALLEY; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SPATIAL EXTENT; STUDY AREAS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE;

BOREAL FOREST; DEGLACIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ICE MARGIN; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650911637     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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