The internal structure of relict lacustrine deltas, northern New York

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 432, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-101

  Stevens, Christopher W ^a   Robinson, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Lacustrine delta; Radar facies; St. Lawrence Lowlands

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LACUSTRINE DELTAS; RADAR FACIES; SHORELINE POSITION; ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL LAKE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; RADAR; RELICT COMMUNITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE;

MICHIGAN; SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS; TRENTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849085509     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2432(07)     Document Type: Article

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