12600 Years of lake level changes, changing sills, ephemeral lakes and Niagara Gorge erosion in the Niagara Peninsula and Eastern Lake Erie basin

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-402

  Pengelly, James W ^a   Tinkler, Keith J ^a   Parkins, William G ^a   McCarthy, Francine M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Erie; Lake levels; Lake Wainfleet; Niagara Gorge; Niagara Peninsula palyonology; Niagara River

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL LAKE; EROSION; FLUVIAL; FLUVIAL EROSION; HIGHSTAND; LAKE LEVEL; LOWSTAND; SILL;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA, NIAGARA GORGE;

EID: 0030616906     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007946401036     Document Type: Article

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