The Lake Superior varve stratigraphy and implications for eastern Lake Agassiz outflow from 10,700 to 8900 cal ybp (9.5-8.0 14C ka)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-61

  Breckenridge, Andy ^a  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Glaciolacustrine sedimentation; Lake Agassiz; Lake Superior; Varves

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORRELATION; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DISCHARGE; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY; VARVE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; LAKE NIPIGON; LAKE OJIBWAY; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33847309039     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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