The sequence and timing of large late Pleistocene floods from glacial Lake Missoula

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-81

  Hanson, Michelle A ^a   Lian, Olav B ^b   Clague, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial Lake Missoula; Optical dating; Outburst floods; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Varves

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DESICCATION CRACKS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIAL LAKES; LAKE FLOORS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; MONTANA; OPTICAL DATING; RAIL LINES; TWO SECTION; VARVES; WASHINGTON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LAKES;

CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; EROSION; FLOOD; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLARK FORK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84655162769     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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