Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of Little Ice Age paraglacial activity in the vicinity of the Homathko Icefield, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 197-205

  Hart, Sarah J ^a   Clague, John J ^b   Smith, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coast Mountains; Dendrogeomorphology; Homathko Icefield; Paraglacial; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; OVERTOPPING; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; VALLEY FILL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; HOMATHKO ICEFIELD;

ABIES LASIOCARPA;

EID: 77954763190     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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