Surficial Geology Along the Bow River Valley in the Vicinity of Calgary, Alberta

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
N W Rutter
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Surficial Geology

Digital Map of Surficial Geology, Wetlands, and Deepwater Habitats, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur A. Bookstrom ◽  
Stephen E. Box ◽  
Berne L. Jackson ◽  
Theodore R. Brandt ◽  
Pamela D. Derkey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Digital Map ◽  
Surficial Geology ◽  
Coeur D'alene

BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary K. Donohue ◽  
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Christopher M. Bailey ◽  
Zack Sauter
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
James River ◽  
Surficial Geology

scholarly journals Interaction of Laurentide and Cordilleran ice in the Beaver Mines area, southwestern Alberta

2002 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Holme ◽  
Stephen R. Hicock ◽  
Lionel E. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Shield ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
Glacial Lakes ◽  
Quaternary Sediments ◽  
Surficial Geology ◽  
Area Distribution ◽  
Ice Retreat ◽  
Late Wisconsinan

Abstract Surficial geology mapping of the Beaver Mines area, distribution of Canadian Shield erratics, stratigraphy of Quaternary sediments exposed along the Castle River valley and its tributaries and correlation with southwestern Alberta geochronology, indicate that Cordilleran and Laurentide ice were in contact in the lower Castle River valley during the Late Wisconsinan Substage. During this time two Cordilleran glacial advances are recognised in the lower reaches of the valley, its tributaries and the western Interior Plains: 1) an earlier advance (M1), during which ice thickness averaged between 320 - 350 m thick in the Beaver Mines area, and 2) a later readvance (M2). A single Laurentide advance (C2) into the Beaver Mines area was contemporaneous with retreat of Cordilleran ice from the M2 maximum position, resulting in coalescence of the two ice masses. This followed a C1 advance that is recognised outside the area. During montane advances, glaciers were topographically-controlled and efficiently eroded their substrates. Deglaciation was characterised by ice retreat, stagnation of detached ice masses, and damming of glacial lakes by retreating Laurentide ice.

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