Lakes of the Huron basin: their record of runoff from the laurentide ice sheet

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Michael Lewis, C. F., Moore, Jr, Theodore C., Rea, David K., Dettman, David L., Smith, Alison M., Mayer, Larry A.
• Other Authors: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.; Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A., Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A., Geological Survey of Canada, Box 1006, Dartmouth, N.S., Canada B2Y 4A2, Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, U.S.A., Department of Geomatics and Survey Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1994
• Subjects: Geology and Earth Sciences; Science; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Lawrence River; Southern Lake; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/31942; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBC-4876DC9-8/2/f12517a8503a364ec12027363d3bf126; https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-3791(94)90008-6

The 189,000 km2 Huron basin is central in the catchment area of the present Laurentian Great Lakes that now drain via the St. Lawrence River to the North Atlantic Ocean. During deglaciation from 21-7.5 ka BP, and owing to the interactions of ice margin positions, crustal rebound and regional topogra...