What caused the low-water phase of glacial Lake Agassiz?

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-382

  Lowell, Thomas V ^a   Applegate, Patrick J ^b   Fisher, Timothy G ^c   Lepper, Kenneth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial Lake Agassiz; Hydrological controls; Hydrological modeling; Late glacial period

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER MODELS; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER LEVEL; LATE-GLACIAL PERIOD; YOUNGER DRYAS CHRONOZONE;

EVAPORATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

ICE;

GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LATE GLACIAL; WATER LEVEL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 84887040425     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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