Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200 BP cold event

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 389-407

  Clarke, Garry K C ^a   Leverington, David W ^b   Teller, James T ^c   Dyke, Arthur S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROGRAPHS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; JOKULHLAUP; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1242299578     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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