A relative sea-level history for Arviat, Nunavut, and implications for Laurentide Ice Sheet thickness west of Hudson Bay

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-197

  Simon, Karen M ^a,b   James, Thomas S ^a,b   Forbes, Donald L ^c,d   Telka, Alice M ^e   Dyke, Arthur S ^c   Henton, Joseph A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e Paleotec Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment; Kivalliq; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Radiocarbon dating; Tyrrell Sea; Uplift rate

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; TIDES;

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; KIVALLIQ; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; RADIOCARBON DATING; TYRRELL SEA; UPLIFT RATE;

SEA LEVEL;

DEGLACIATION; GPS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE; UPLIFT;

ARVIAT; CANADA; HUDSON BAY; KEEWATIN; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84904042958     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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