A record of post-glacial moraine deposition and tephra stratigraphy from Otokomi Lake, Rose Basin, Glacier National Park, Montana

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-460

  MacLeod, David Matthew ^a   Osborn, Gerald ^a   Spooner, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOMAGNETISM; GLACIERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEGLACIATION; POST-GLACIAL MORAINE DEPOSITION; TEPHRA STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIER; MORAINE; POSTGLACIAL; STRATIGRAPHY;

CASCADE RANGE; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33746419630     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-001     Document Type: Article

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