Deciphering patterns of postglacial sea level at the junction of the Laurentide and Innuitian Ice Sheets, western Canadian High Arctic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-183

  Nixon, F Chantel ^a   England, John H ^a   Lajeunesse, Patrick ^b   Hanson, Michelle A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Driftwood; Hiatella arctica; Holocene; Innuitian Ice Sheet; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Radiocarbon chronology; Relative sea level; Western Canadian High Arctic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WOOD;

ARCTICA; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; DRIFTWOOD; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

LOADING;

HIATELLA ARCTICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84899950167     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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