Early postglacial history of the southeastern Assiniboine Delta, glacial Lake Agassiz basin

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-329

  Boyd, Matthew ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Assiniboine Delta; Campbell beach; Emerson Phase; Glacial Lake Agassiz; Plant macrofossils

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; LAKE EVOLUTION; POSTGLACIAL;

ASSINIBOINE DELTA; CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; ROSSENDALE;

PICEA; POPULUS; POTAMOGETON; SCIRPUS; SCORPIDIUM SCORPIOIDES;

EID: 33846657655     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9044-3     Document Type: Article

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