Mid Holocene lake level and shoreline behavior during the Nipissing phase of the upper Great Lakes at Alpena, Michigan, USA

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-576

  Thompson, Todd A ^a   Lepper, Kenneth ^b   Endres, Anthony L ^c   Johnston, John W ^d,i   Baedke, Steve J ^e   Argyilan, Erin P ^f   Booth, Robert K ^g   Wilcox, Douglas A ^h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^g LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

GPR; Lake Huron; Nipissing; OSL; Strandplain; Vibracore

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; FORCED REGRESSION; GREAT LAKES; HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; MICHIGAN; MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; NIPISSING; OSL; STRANDPLAIN; VIBRACORE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; DEPOSITS; EROSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LAKES;

AGGRADATION; BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; LAKE LEVEL; SHORELINE; SPIT;

ALPENA COUNTY; CANADA; DEVILS LAKE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE NIPISSING; MICHIGAN; NORTH DAKOTA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052356773     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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