Measurement, correlation, and mapping of Glacial Lake Algonquin shorelines in northern Michigan

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-415

  Schaetzl, Randall J ^a   Drzyzga, Scott A ^a   Weisenborn, Beth N ^a   Kincare, Kevin A ^b   Lepczyk, Xiomara C ^a   Shein, Karsten ^a   Dowd, Cathryn M ^c   Linker, John ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Geological Survey   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Field mapping; Glacial lakes; GPS; Isostatic rebound; Quaternary geology

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GLACIAL LAKE; ISOSTASY; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ALGONQUIN LAKE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242519365     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00296     Document Type: Review

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