Catastrophic flooding from Glacial Lake Wisconsin

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 384-397

  Clayton, Jordan A ^a   Knox, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic flooding; Geomorphology; Glacial Lake Wisconsin; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; OUTFLOW; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WAVE ATTENUATION;

GREEN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 36048949008     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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