Architecture of buried valleys in glaciated Canadian Prairie regions based on high resolution geophysical data

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-23

  Pugin, André J M ^a   Oldenborger, Greg A ^a   Cummings, Don I ^b   Russell, Hazen A J ^a   Sharpe, David R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Gatineau Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buried valleys; Glacial valleys; High resolution airborne electromagnetic; Sedimentary architecture of valley; Seismic reflection; Valleys morphology

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; BURIED VALLEYS; GLACIAL VALLEYS; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; EROSION; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MAGNETOMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; DIAMICTON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; PALEOSOL; PRAIRIE; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TERTIARY; VALLEY FILL;

CANADA;

EID: 84892505874     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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