Paleoglaciological insights from the age and morphology of the Jesse moraine belt, western Canadian Arctic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-100

  Lakeman, Thomas R ^a   England, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B lling Aller d; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Controlled moraines; Glacial geomorphology; Ice sheet dynamics; Last Glacial Maximum; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Paleo ice streams; Paleoclimate; Paleoglaciology

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CONTROLLED MORAINES; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; PALEO-ICE STREAMS; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOGLACIOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

AGE; ALLEROD; BEDFORM; BOLLING; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84862311124     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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