Revised Lake Erie Postglacial Lake Level History Based on New Detailed Bathymetry

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-704

  Holcombe, Troy L ^a   Taylor, Lisa A ^a   Reid, David F ^b   Warren, John S ^c   Vincent, Peter A ^d   Herdendorf, Charles E ^e  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Institut Maurice Lamontagne   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Holocene; Lake Erie; Lake floor features; Lake level; Lake surface area; Lake water volume; Paleogeography; Water budget

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF;

PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

LAKES;

BATHYMETRY; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; WATER BUDGET;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

BUBALUS;

EID: 0345832052     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70470-5     Document Type: Article

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