Glaciation of North America in the James Bay Lowland, Canada, 3.5 Ma

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 975-978

  Gao, Cunhai ^a   McAndrews, John H ^b,c   Wang, Xisheng ^d   Menzies, John ^e   Turton, Charles L ^c   Wood, Bradley D ^f   Pei, Junling ^d   Kodors, Charles ^e  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FORESTS; FOSSIL POLLENS; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLIOCENE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; TIME SPAN;

GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDROCK; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; GLACIATION; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; TILL; WARMING;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

CUPRESSUS; LIQUIDAMBAR;

EID: 84868675439     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33092.1     Document Type: Article

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