Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and environmental significance of late mid-holocene dunes, Lauder Sand Hills, glacial Lake Hind Basin, southwestern Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 847-863

  Havholm, Karen G ^a   Running IV, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CROSS-STRATIFIED FACIES; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; IRREGULAR FACIES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344439816     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E05-019     Document Type: Article

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