Influence of near-surface stratigraphy on coastal landslides at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Lake Michigan, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 510-522

  Barnhardt, Walter A ^a   Jaffe, Bruce E ^b   Kayen, Robert E ^b   Cochrane, Guy R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Groundwater; Lake level change; Paleochannel; Seismic reflection; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; PALEOCHANNEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242776327     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)020[0510:IONSOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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