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TitleA re-evaluation of the paleoglaciology of the maximum continental and montane advances, southwestern Alberta
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AuthorJackson, L E, Jr; Little, E C; Leboe, E R; Holme, P H
SourceCordillera 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)
Year1996
PublisherNatural Resources Canada
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediapaper; on-line; digital
RelatedThis publication is contained in Geological Survey of Canada; (1996). Cordillera and Pacific margin, Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1996-A
File formatpdf
ProvinceAlberta
NTS82G/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
AreaFoothills
Lat/Long WENS-115.0000 -113.0000 51.0000 49.0000
Subjectssurficial geology/geomorphology; glaciers; Wisconsinian Glacial Stage; glacial stages; glaciation; deglaciation; glacial deposits; tills; erratics; ice sheets; Laurentide Ice-sheet; Quaternary
Illustrationssketch maps; analyses
ProgramEastern Cordillera NATMAP Project
Released1996 02 01
AbstractControversy 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 ID207422