Time of Maximum Late Wisconsin Glaciation, West Coast of Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Blaise, Bertrand, Clague, John J., Mathewes, Rolf W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: Canada; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Dixon Entrance; Hecate Strait; glacier*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(90)90041-i; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949090041I?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949090041I?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400021037

Abstract New data from a deep-sea core in the eastern North Pacific Ocean indicate that the western margin of the Late Wisconsin Cordilleran Ice Sheet began to retreat from its maximum position after 15,600 yr B.P. Ice-rafted detritus is present in the core below the 15,600 yr B.P. level and was dep...