Late-Holocene fluctuations of the Bear River Glacier, northern Coast Ranges of British Columbia, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-338

  Osborn, G ^a   Haspel, R ^b   Spooner, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Thornlee Crescent NW ^*  (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bear River Glacier; British Columbia; Coast Mountains; glacier fluctuations; late Holocene; till sheets

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MINING; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; TILL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BEAR RIVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84874502492     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612463093     Document Type: Article

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