Late pleistocene evolution of the lower Mississippi River vally, Southern Missouri to Arkansas

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-235

  Blum, M D ^a   Guccione, M J ^a   Wysocki, D A ^a   Robnett, P C ^a   Rutledge, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELLS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; GLACIAL STAGES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MIDDLE WISCONSIN; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICAN;

LANDFORMS;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER EVOLUTION; VALLEY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879887625     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<221:LPEOTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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