Landform signature of the laurentide and cordilleran ice sheets across Alberta during the last glaciation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1067-1083

  Atkinson, Nigel ^a   Utting, Daniel J ^a   Pawley, Steven M ^a  

^a ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; SURVEYING; TOPOGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHIC MAPPING; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE SHEET RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

ICE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DATA SET; FOREST COVER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; LAST GLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LIDAR;

ICE; RESEARCH; SHEETS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84919388104     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2014-0112     Document Type: Article

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