Canadian Glaciers
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Western Canadian glaciers advance in concert with climate change circa 4.2 ka
[1] Disparate climate proxies from theNorthernHemisphere record a climate event at 4.2–3.8 ka. Here we show that glaciers throughout the mountain ranges of western Canada advanced at about this time. This conclusion is based on (1) new and previously reported radiocarbon ages on in situ stumps, logs, branches, and soils exposed by recent retreat in glacier forefields and (2) clastic-rich sedime...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1908
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/077463a0