Late holocene glacial activity at bromley glacier, cambria icefield, northern british columbia coast mountains, canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 599-606

  Hoffman, Kira M ^a   Smith, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COAST MOUNTAINS; GLACIAL ACTIVITY; GLACIAL ADVANCES; LATE HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; RECENT PROGRESS; SYNCHRONOUS RESPONSE;

LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE FIELD; SYNCHRONY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BROMLEY GLACIER; CANADA;

EID: 84878889787     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2012-0151     Document Type: Article

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