A proposed diachronic revision of Late Quaternary time-stratigraphic classification in the eastern and northern Great Lakes area

Quaternary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Karrow, Paul F ^a   Dreimanis, Aleksis ^b   Barnett, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diachronic units; Great Lakes region; Ontario; Quaternary; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GREAT LAKES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033885750     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2144     Document Type: Article

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