Glacially-megalineated limestone terrain of Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada; onset zone of the Laurentian Channel Ice Stream

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-134

  Eyles, Nick ^a   Putkinen, Niko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eastern Canada; Laurentian Channel Ice Stream; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Onset zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894297811     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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