Late glacial fluctuations of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the White Mountains of Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 522-530

  Bromley, Gordon R M ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^a   Thompson, Woodrow B ^b   Kaplan, Michael R ^c   Garcia, Juan Luis ^a,d   Schaefer, Joerg M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aller d; Deglaciation; Late glacial; Laurentide Ice Sheet; New England; Readvance

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

DEGLACIATIONS; LATE GLACIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; NEW ENGLAND; READVANCE;

ICE;

ALLEROD; DEGLACIATION; ICE MARGIN; INTERSTADIAL; LATE GLACIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE;

APPALACHIANS; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [APPALACHIANS];

EID: 84929653283     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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