A glacial sequence stratigraphic model for temperate, glaciated continental shelves

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 203, Issue , 2002, Pages 215-244

  Powell, Ross D ^a   Cooper, James M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0038159659     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.203.01.12     Document Type: Article

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