Laurentide glacial landscapes: the role of ice streams

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 643-646

  Patterson, Carrie J ^a  

^a Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL LANDFORMS; GLACIAL LANDSCAPES; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAMS; NORTH AMERICAN; SUBGLACIAL WATERS; THRUST BLOCKS;

ICE;

GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRAIRIE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84874973949     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0643:LGLTRO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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