Analysis of modern and Pleistocene hydrologic exchange between Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and the Saginaw Lowlands area

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Hoaglund III, John R ^a   Kolak, Jonathan J ^b   Long, David T ^c   Larson, Grahame J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And groundwater; Chloride; Glacier; Michigan Basin; Port Huron; Saginaw Bay

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC LOADING MODEL;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GLACIER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; WATER EXCHANGE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874994635     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25290.1     Document Type: Article

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