A map of large Canadian eskers from Landsat satellite imagery

Journal of Maps

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 456-473

  Storrar, Robert D ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Evans, David J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; eskers; glaciofluvial; ice sheet; Laurentide; meltwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880964548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.815591     Document Type: Article

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