Floodplain formation processes and archaeological implications at the grand banks site, lower grand river, Southern, Ontario

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 865-887

  Walker, Ian J ^a   Desloges, Joseph R ^b   Crawford, Gary W ^b   Smith, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; WOODLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; GRAND RIVER [ONTARIO]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 0004958779     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199712)12:8<865::aid-gea3>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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