| Title | A re-evaluation of the paleoglaciology of the maximum continental and montane advances, southwestern Alberta |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Jackson, L E, Jr; Little, E C; Leboe, E R; Holme, P H |
| Source | Cordillera and Pacific margin/Cordillère et marge du Pacifique; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1996-A, 1996 p. 165-173, https://doi.org/10.4095/207422 (Open Access) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Geological Survey of
Canada; (1996). Cordillera and Pacific margin, Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1996-A |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 82G/01; 82G/07; 82G/08; 82G/09; 82G/10; 82G/15; 82G/16; 82H/03; 82H/04; 82H/05; 82H/06; 82H/11; 82H/12; 82H/13; 82H/14; 82J/01; 82J/02; 82J/07; 82J/08; 82J/09; 82J/10; 82J/15; 82J/16 |
| Area | Foothills |
| Lat/Long WENS | -115.0000 -113.0000 51.0000 49.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; glaciers; Wisconsinian Glacial Stage; glacial stages; glaciation; deglaciation; glacial deposits; tills; erratics; ice sheets; Laurentide Ice-sheet; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; analyses |
| Program | Eastern Cordillera NATMAP Project |
| Released | 1996 02 01 |
| Abstract | Controversy over the age of the maximum known advances of continental and montane glaciers in southwestern Alberta rests largely on the paleoglaciology of the maximum montane piedmont glacier.
Reconstruction of it, based upon features that mark the former glacier surface in the Foothills, indicate that the glacier had a maximum surface gradient of 0.4-0.6þ þ less than half the value assumed by previous workers. The continental ice sheet
that was roughly coeval with the piedmont glacier and coalesced with it in the Foothills. Paleoglaciological evidence favours a Late Wisconsinan age for maximum extent of continental and montane ice. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 207422 |
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