New perspectives on paleoglaciology

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-194

  Fastook, J L ^a   Hughes, T J ^b  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b Emeritus of Earth Sciences and Climate Change   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Glacial geology; Glaciation cycles; Ice sheets; Ice shelves; Marine geology; Megafloods; Quaternary Ice Age; Sea ice; White Hole

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; GLACIATION CYCLES; ICE AGE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; MEGAFLOODS; WHITE HOLE;

GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FLOOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885157782     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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