Paleotopographic reconstructions of the eastern outlets of glacial Lake Agassiz

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1259-1278

  Leverington, David W ^a   Teller, James T ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GLACIERS; LAKES; RIVERS;

TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DIGITAL MAPPING; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0242406940     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-043     Document Type: Article

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