Deglacial reservoir age and implications, Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1338-1346

  Vickers, Kayla J ^a   Ward, Brent C ^a   Utting, Daniel J ^b   Telka, Alice M ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Paleotec Services Ottowa   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foxe Basin, 8.2 cal. ka event; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Macrofossils; Marine reservoir age; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MICROFOSSIL; MOLLUSC; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; NUNAVUT;

MOLLUSCA; SALIX;

EID: 78649609717     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1419     Document Type: Article

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