Deformation of the Batestown till of the Lake Michigan lobe, Laurentide ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 189, 2009, Pages 131-146

  Thomason, Jason F ^a,b   Iverson, Neal R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ICE FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR; STRAIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TILL;

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

EID: 67651156131     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608877     Document Type: Article

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