Morainal banks and the deglaciation of coastal Maine

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 351, Issue , 2001, Pages 151-170

  Hunter, Lewis E ^a   Smith, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GRAVITY FLOWS; GROUNDING LINE; ICE CONDITIONS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; JET TRAJECTORY; REMOBILIZATION; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIDEWATER GLACIERS;

ICE;

COASTAL ZONE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871337561     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2351-5.151     Document Type: Article

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