Paleomagnetic evidence for multiple late cenozoic glaciations in the tintina trench, westcentral Yukon, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 987-1002

  Barendregt, René W ^a   Enkin, Randolph J ^b   Duk Rodkin, Alejandra ^c   Baker, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PROXIES; INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; INTERGLACIALS; ISOTOPIC RECORD; LATE CENOZOIC; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SEQUENCES; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER VALLEY; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; TEPHRAS; TRENCH AREA;

DEPOSITS; ICE; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CORDILLERA; GLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE FIELD; INTERGLACIAL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OUTWASH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TILL; UNCONFORMITY; VALLEY;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77954933975     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-021     Document Type: Article

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