Composition, morphology, and genesis of a moraine-like feature in the Miller Brook valley, Vermont

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Loso, Michael G ^a   Schwanz, Howard K ^a   Wright, Stephen F ^a   Bierman, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; MORAINE;

EID: 0031663830     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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