Late Wisconsinan glacial history in the Bonaparte Lake map area, south-central British Columbia: Implications for glacial transport and mineral exploration

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1097-1111

  Plouffe, A ^a   Bednarski, J M ^b   Huscroft, C A ^c   Anderson, R G ^d   McCuaig, S J ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; HEAVY MINERALS; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NORTH LATITUDES; SOURCE REGION; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; STUDY AREAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TERBIUM;

ICE;

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL TRANSPORT; GRANITOID; ICE FLOW; MINERAL EXPLORATION; WISCONSINAN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CARIBOO MOUNTAINS; COAST MOUNTAINS; COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS; INTERIOR PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960174238     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-100     Document Type: Article

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