A review and analysis of varve thickness records from glacial Lake Ojibway (Ontario and Quebec, Canada)

Quaternary International

Volumn 260, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-54

  Breckenridge, Andy ^a   Lowell, Thomas V ^b   Stroup, Justin S ^c   Evans, Gianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UNCONFORMITY; VARVE;

CANADA; LAKE OJIBWAY; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84860229674     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.031     Document Type: Article

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