A preliminary survey of relict shoreface-attached sand ridges in Western Lake Superior

Marine Geology

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 163-177

  Wattrus, N J ^a   Rausch, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Current; Lake superior; Multibeam; Sand ridges; Seismic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347664918     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00221-3     Document Type: Article

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