Early Holocene deglaciation of northern Hudson Bay and Foxe Channel constrained by new radiocarbon ages and marine reservoir correction

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-94

  Ross, Martin ^a   Utting, Daniel J ^b,d   Lajeunesse, Patrick ^c   Kosar, Kevin G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Foxe Basin; Hudson Bay; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Marine reservoir effect; Radiocarbon dating; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; FOXE BASIN; HUDSON BAY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RESERVOIR EFFECT;

ELECTROMIGRATION; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIERS;

AGE DETERMINATION; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL;

CANADA; FOXE BASIN; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84862631685     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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