Late pleistocene and holocene depositional history of sediments in Flathead Lake, Montana: Evidence from high-resolution seismic reflection interpretation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 111-131

  Hofmann, Michael H ^a   Hendrix, M S ^a   Moore, J N ^a   Sperazza, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordilleran ice sheet; Flathead Lake; Glaciolacustrine sediment; Lake level fluctuations; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

FLATHEAD COUNTY; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MAZAMA;

EID: 30644463005     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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