Seismic reflection investigation of Montezuma wetlands, central New York State: Evolution of a Late Quaternary subglacial meltwater channel system

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 311, Issue , 1996, Pages 77-89

  Petruccione, John L ^a,c   Wellner, Robert W ^a,d   Sheridan, Robert E ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Berkshire Environmental Associates Inc   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GLACIERS; LAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WATER WELLS; WETLANDS;

LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; NEAR-SURFACE GEOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

BEDROCK; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CAYUGA LAKE; FINGER LAKES; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3643134914     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2311-6.77     Document Type: Article

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