The Tintah-Campbell gap and implications for glacial Lake Agassiz drainage during the Younger Dryas cold interval

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-134

  Breckenridge, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake agassiz; Lidar; Strandlines; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; LAKE AGASSIZ; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; STRANDLINES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; DRAWDOWN; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; ICE RETREAT; ISOSTASY; LAKE LEVEL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LIDAR; RECONSTRUCTION; STRANDLINE; UPLIFT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928553671     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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