Outburst flood origin of the Central Kalamazoo River Valley, Michigan, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2354-2374

  Kozlowski, Andrew L ^a   Kehew, Alan E ^b   Bird, Brian C ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL KALAMOZOO RIVER VALLEY (CKRV); GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; SAGINAW LOBE; SUBGLACIAL CHANNELS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOODING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; JOKULHLAUP; MELTWATER; OUTBURST;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944584117     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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