Constraints on paleolake levels, spillways and glacial lake history, north-central Ontario, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-348

  Slattery, Shawn R ^a   Barnett, Peter J ^b   Long, Darrel G F ^c  

^a Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Agassiz; Lake Minong; Lake Nakina; Lake Ojibway; Mullet Outlet; Nakina moraines; Pic River

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; MORAINE; SPILLWAY;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE NIPIGON; LAKE SUPERIOR; LONGLAC; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PIC RIVER;

EID: 33847339012     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9051-4     Document Type: Article

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