Neoglacial ice expansion and late Holocene cold-based ice cap dynamics on Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-256

  Margreth, Annina ^a   Dyke, Arthur S ^b   Gosse, John C ^a   Telka, Alice M ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Paleotec Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold based ice; Little Ice Age; Neoglacial; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLCANOES;

LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NEOGLACIAL; POLYTHERMAL GLACIERS; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL EXPANSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EXPANSION;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84899927805     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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