Large-scale glaciotectonic deformation in the Great Lakes basin, USA-Canada

Boreas

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 370-385

  Larson, Grahame J ^a   Ehlers, Jürgen ^b   Gibbard, Philip L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Geologisches Landesamt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLACIOTECTONICS; GROUNDING LINE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037594052     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01091.x     Document Type: Article

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