Constraining the Late Wisconsinan retreat of the Laurentide ice sheet from western Canada using luminescence ages from postglacial aeolian dunes

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 407-422

  Munyikwa, Kennedy ^a   Feathers, James K ^b   Rittenour, Tammy M ^c   Shrimpton, Heather K ^d  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian dunes; Alberta; Ice free corridor; Late Wisconsinan; Laurentide ice sheet; Luminescence dating; Postglacial

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; WISCONSINAN;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 79955723746     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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