Abandonment chronology of glacial Lake Agassiz's Northwestern outlet

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-44

  Fisher, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Lake Agassiz; Northwestern outlet; Vibracoring

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; OUTBURST; RADIOCARBON DATING; SILT; SPILLWAY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 33847310744     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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