Thin film, channelized drainage, or sheetfloods beneath a portion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: An examination of glacial erosion forms, northern New York State, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 199-215

  Pair, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial geology; Meltwater; New York; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES;

USA, NEW YORK;

EID: 0031472379     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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