Stratigraphic and sedimentological evidence for late Wisconsinan sub-glacial outburst floods to Laurentian Fan

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-119

  Piper, David J W ^a   Shaw, John ^b   Skene, Kenneth I ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Laurentian Fan; Meltwater; Sohm Abyssal Plain; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIA; OUTBURST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TILL; WISCONSINAN;

EID: 33847246277     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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