Flood ring evidence and its application to paleoflood hydrology of the Red River and Assiniboine River in Manitoba

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 181-190

  St George, Scott ^a,b   Nielsen, Erik ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Laboratory of Tree Ring Research   (United States)

^c Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; TREE RING;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; RED BASIN; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 3042555136     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/009104ar     Document Type: Article

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