Late Pleistocene glaciolacustrine sedimentation and paleogeography of southeastern Michigan, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 126-142

  Howard, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lacustrine; Laurentide ice sheet; Mass flow; Michigan; Pleistocene; Proglacial

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LITHOFACIES; MELTWATER; MORAINE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WISCONSINAN;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; PORT HURON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349083036     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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