Impacts of Pleistocene glaciation on large-scale groundwater flow and salinity in the Michigan Basin

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-33

  McIntosh, J C ^a   Garven, G ^b   Hanor, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Hydrology; Michigan Basin; Modeling; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; GLACIATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN BASIN;

EID: 79551479357     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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