Great Lakes paleohydrology: Complex interplay of glacial meltwater, lake levels, and sill depths

• Main Authors: Rea, David K., Moore, Ted C., Jr, Anderson, Thane W., Lewis, C.F. M., Dobson, David M., Dettman, David L., Smith, Alison J., Mayer, Larry A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 1994
• Subjects: Geology; Paleontology; Southern Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom_affil/38; http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/22/12/1059.abstract

The oxygen isotope record of ostracode and clam shells recovered from Great Lakes cores of known age allows definition of times when meltwaters from the Laurentide ice sheet were important components of lake water in the several lake basins since 12 ka. We find that the lowstands in Lake Huron and G...