Seismic stratigraphy of the Finger Lakes: A continental record of Heinrich event H-1 and Laurentide ice sheet instability

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 311, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-35

  Mullins, Henry T ^a   Hinchey, Edward J ^b   Wellner, Robert W ^c,f   Stephens, David B ^d   Anderson Jr , William T ^a,g   Dwyer, Thomas R ^a,h   Hine, Albert C ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERM Northeast   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Worcester Academy   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h Bouck and Lee Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GLACIERS; INFILL DRILLING; SCOUR; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; LARGE-SCALE INSTABILITY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

LAKES;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; ICEBERG; INSTABILITY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

FINGER LAKES; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870855024     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2311-6.1     Document Type: Article

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