Paleohydrology of the upper Laurentian Great Lakes from the late glacial to early Holocene

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-408

  Breckenridge, Andy ^a   Johnson, Thomas C ^b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lake Agassiz; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Lake Superior; Oxygen isotopes; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FLOODING; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; LAURENTIA; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; VARVE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 63549147884     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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