Wisconsinan glacial and sea-level history of Maritime Canada and the adjacent continental shelf: a correlation of land and sea events

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 821-845

  Stea, R R ^a   Piper, D J W ^a   Fader, G B J ^a   Boyd, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEMATITE; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

BEDROCK OUTCROP; CLIMATIC WARMING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; WEDGE-SHAPED BODIES;

SEA LEVEL;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA;

EID: 84879890798     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0821:WGASLH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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