Revision of the NW Laurentide Ice Sheet: implications for paleoclimate, the northeast extremity of Beringia, and Arctic Ocean sedimentation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1573-1596

  England, John H ^a   Furze, Mark F A ^b   Doupé, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Physics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEDFORMS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATION; FULLY COMPATIBLE; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELLING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MELVILLE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PROGLACIAL LAKES; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SURFACE MULTIPLES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLARIFICATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; METALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ICE;

COAST; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 67650995827     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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