New Evidence of High-Level Glacial Drainage in the White Mountains, N.H.
Abstract A newly discovered pothole field in the White Mountains, N.H., is described, and is attributed to action of melt water from the last continental glacier. Discordance of pothole orientation with slope direction is explained by inferring the presence of a retaining wall of ice which controlle...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1958
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023996 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000023996 |
| Summary: | Abstract A newly discovered pothole field in the White Mountains, N.H., is described, and is attributed to action of melt water from the last continental glacier. Discordance of pothole orientation with slope direction is explained by inferring the presence of a retaining wall of ice which controlled stream flow direction during the period of pothole formation. The potholes constitute the highest evidence of continental glacial drainage yet known in New England. |
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