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Acknowledgments This work was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF Grants EAR-0414012 and EAR-0624199), the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA Grant NAG5-10348), Wheaton College, the Wheaton College Alumni Association, and the United States Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. Tom Hooyer provided encouragement and insight throughout this work. Steve Colman and Shiyong Yu kindly provided their unpublished Lake Superior bathymetry data. About the Authors James Clark is a professor of geology in the geology and environmental science department at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. In addition to the Great Lakes studies, his research interests include global sea level changes and water supply problems in developing nations. His Ph.D. is from the University of Colorado.
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