Retreat pattern of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet in central British Columbia at the end of the last glaciation reconstructed from glacial meltwater landforms

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 830-847

  Margold, Martin ^a   Jansson, Krister N ^a   Kleman, Johan ^a   Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Clague, John J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DELTA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIATION; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; FRASER BASIN; INTERIOR PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884719524     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12007     Document Type: Article

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