Post-glacial fluvial response and landform development in the upper Muskegon River valley in North-Central Lower Michigan, U.S.A.

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 615-623

  Arbogast, Alan F ^a   Bookout, Juleigh R ^a   Schrotenboer, Bradley R ^a   Lansdale, Amy ^b   Rust, Ginny L ^c   Bato, Victorino A ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Michigan; Muskegon River; Paleomeanders; Stream terraces

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MEANDER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; STREAM; TERRACE;

MICHIGAN; MUSKEGON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249108000     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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