Evolution of lakes in the Huron basin: Deglaciation to present

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Michael Lewis, C F ^a,d   Karrow, Paul F ^b   Blasco, Stefan M ^a   McCarthy, Francine M G ^c   King, John W ^d   Moore Jr , Theodore C ^e   Rea, David K ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Faunal migration routes; Georgian Bay; Glacial and postglacial paleolimnology; Glacial rebound; Lake Huron; Laurentian Great Lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849114367     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802095263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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