Early Holocene dune activity linked with final destruction of Glacial Lake Minong, eastern Upper Michigan, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-81

  Loope, Henry M ^a   Loope, Walter L ^b   Goble, Ronald J ^a   Fisher, Timothy G ^c   Jol, Harry M ^d   Seong, J C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunes; Lake level; Lake Minong; Lake Superior; OSL; Upper Michigan; Vibracoring

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DUNE FORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954030546     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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