Strand-plain evidence for late Holocene lake-level variations in Lake Michigan

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 666-682

  Thompson, Todd A ^a   Baedke, Steve J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; SEDIMENTS;

HISTORICAL RECORDS; HYDROGRAPHIC REGIMES; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; LAKE LEVEL CHANGES; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; LAKE-LEVEL VARIATIONS; PRIMARY CONTROL; WETLAND SEDIMENTS; BEACH RIDGE; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE MICHIGAN; LATE HOLOCENE;

LAKES;

ELEVATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SHORE (NONMARINE); WETLAND; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SHORELINE; STRAND PLAIN;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031436260     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0666:SPEFLH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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