Catastrophic middle Pleistocene jökulhlaups in the upper Susquehanna River: Distinctive landforms from breakout floods in the central Appalachians

Geomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 80-95

  Kochel, R Craig ^a   Nickelsen, Richard P ^a   Eaton, L Scott ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Ice damming; J kulhlaup; Middle Pleistocene; Susquehanna River; Valley and Ridge

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; MORAINE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; TILL; VALLEY; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651083453     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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