Retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from 14,000 to 9000 Years Ago

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Author: Wright, H. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1971
• Subjects: Green Bay; Valders; Western Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(71)90068-8; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589471900688?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589471900688?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400003094

The intricate pattern of moraines of the Laurentide ice sheet in the Great Lakes region reflects the marked lobation of the ice margin in late Wisconsin time, and this in turn reflects the distribution of steam-cut lowlands etched in preglacial times in the weak-rock belts of gentle Paleozoic fold s...