Late wisconsinan glaciation and postglacial relative sea-level change on western banks island, canadian arctic archipelago

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-112

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Banks Island; Beringia; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Last Glacial Maximum; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Paleo ice streams; Paleoclimate; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BANKS ISLAND; BERINGIA; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; PALEO-ICE STREAMS; PALEOCLIMATES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

GLACIERS; ICE; SEA LEVEL; UNLOADING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHIPELAGO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WISCONSINAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84879503434     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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