Permafrost at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in North America

Boreas

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 667-677

  French, Hugh M ^a,b   Millar, Susan W S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEGLACIATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; TERRAIN;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84901938813     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12036     Document Type: Article

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