Late-Holocene formation of Lake Michigan Beach Ridges correlated with a 70-yr oscillation in global climate

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-326

  Delcourt, Paul A ^a   Petty, William H ^a   Delcourt, Hazel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATION;

USA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 0030426916     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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