Late-glacial alpine glacier advance and early Holocene tephras, northern British Columbia

Two related studies in northern British Columbia are presented. The first documents moraines in Finlay River area that record an advance of alpine glaciers. A minimum age of 9230 radiocarbon yr BP and the relation of moraines to ice-stagnation deposits suggest the advance is Younger Dryas in age. Th...

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Main Author: Lakeman, Thomas Ryan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://summit.sfu.ca/item/6262