Present-day tilting of the Great Lakes region based on water level gauges

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1070-1080

  Mainville, André ^a   Craymer, Michael R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Least squares analysis; Postglacial rebound; Trend surface analysis; Water level gauges; Water management

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES; GAUGE SITES; GLOBAL ISOSTATIC MODEL; VERTICAL CRUSTAL MOTIONS;

GAGES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LAKES; VELOCITY CONTROL;

WATER LEVELS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; UPLIFT; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21944456173     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25392.1     Document Type: Article

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