Quaternary fluvial history of the Delaware River, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA: The effects of glaciation, glacioisostasy, and eustasy on a proglacial river system

Geomorphology

Volumn 264, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-28

  Stanford, Scott D ^a   Witte, Ron W ^a   Braun, Duane D ^b,d   Ridge, John C ^c  

^a New Jersey Geological Society   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware River; Eustasy; Glaciation; Glacioisostasy; Quaternary; Terrace

Indexed keywords

EUSTACY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; QUATERNARY; TERRACE;

DELAWARE RIVER; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963976786     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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