Formation of the St. Clair River Delta in the Laurentian Great Lakes system

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 738-748

  Thomas, Richard L ^a,e   Christensen, Mark D ^b   Szalinska, Ewa ^c,d   Scarlat, Magdalena ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b GMP Securities LP   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Morawel   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delta; Freshwater; Great Lakes; Lake St. Clair; St. Clair River

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; WAVE POWER;

DELTA; FRESHWATER; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ST. CLAIR; ST. CLAIR RIVER;

LAKES;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; EVOLUTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CLAIR DELTA; SAINT CLAIR RIVER;

AVES;

EID: 33845939631     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[738:FOTSCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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