Wisconsinan refugia and the glacial history of eastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada: Coupled evidence from cosmogenic isotopes and lake sediments

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 835-838

  Steig, Eric J ^a   Wolfe, Alexander P ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LAKES;

ARCTIC CANADA; BAFFIN ISLANDS; CONTINENTAL GLACIATIONS; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; EXPOSURE AGE; GLACIAL HISTORY; LAKE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL HISTORY; REFUGE; WISCONSINAN;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84879880730     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0835:WRATGH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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