Rock drumlins and megaflutes of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, Canada: a hard bed landform assemblage cut by the Saginaw-Huron Ice Stream

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-49

  Eyles, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Ice streams; Megagrooves; Niagara escarpment; Onset zones; Rock drumlins

Indexed keywords

GREAT LAKES; ICE STREAMS; MEGAGROOVES; NIAGARA ESCARPMENT; ONSET ZONES; ROCK DRUMLINS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; PAVEMENTS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

LANDFORMS;

ABRASION; BASAL ICE; DOLOSTONE; DRUMLIN; ESCARPMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE FLOW; LANDFORM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PAVEMENT; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; NIAGARA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84867910327     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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