Last Glacial Maximum age for the northwest Laurentide maximum from the Eagle River spillway and delta complex, northern Yukon

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1288-1300

  Kennedy, K E ^a   Froese, D G ^a   Zazula, G D ^b   Lauriol, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Yukon Government   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL INITIATION; CHANNEL MARGINS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MACROFOSSILS; RADIOCARBON AGE; SPRUCE NEEDLES; WOODY PLANTS;

LANDFORMS; RIVER DIVERSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPILLWAYS;

SEDIMENTATION;

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; EROSION RATE; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIA; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIPPLE; SPILLWAY;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 77950581225     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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