Saginaw Lobe tunnel channels (Laurentide Ice Sheet) and their significance in south-central Michigan, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2375-2391

  Fisher, Timothy G ^a   Jol, Harry M ^b   Boudreau, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

HUMMOCKS; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET (LIS); TUNNEL CHANNEL;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ESKER; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

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

EID: 24944586419     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.11.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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