Laurentide subglacial outburst floods: Landform evidence from digital elevation models

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1154-1168

  Shaw, John ^a   Rains, Bruce ^a   Eyton, Ronald ^a,b   Weissling, Lee ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EcoVisions Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEM; LANDFORM; LANDFORM EVIDENCE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; OUTBURST FLOOD; SUBGLACIAL SHEETFLOOD; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0030404947     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-087     Document Type: Article

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