Boulder-gravel hummocks and wavy basal till contacts: Products of subglacial meltwater flow beneath the Saginaw Lobe, south-central Michigan, USA

Boreas

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-336

  Fisher, Timothy G ^a   Taylor, Lawrence D ^b   Jol, Harry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GRAVEL; MELTWATER; TILL;

MICHIGAN; SAGINAW LOBE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038608149     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01087.x     Document Type: Article

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