Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba
In northern Manitoba, intersecting grooves 300–1800 m long are ice-scour marks created by the dragging of iceberg keels along rises in the bed of a glacial lake whose water plane was at about 305 m asl. The lake was bounded by glacial ice on its northern and eastern margins. The occurrence of scours...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e82-089 2023-12-17T10:31:24+01:00 Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba Dredge, L. A. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e82-089 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e82-089 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 19, issue 5, page 1079-1087 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1982 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e82-089 2023-11-19T13:38:56Z In northern Manitoba, intersecting grooves 300–1800 m long are ice-scour marks created by the dragging of iceberg keels along rises in the bed of a glacial lake whose water plane was at about 305 m asl. The lake was bounded by glacial ice on its northern and eastern margins. The occurrence of scours on topographic divides indicates that a single extensive lake, thought to be a northern extremity of Lake Agassiz, occupied the area as far north as Seal River at the time the ice scours were formed. The lake extended as far west as Sprott Lake and eastwards into the Hudson Bay Lowlands into an area later occupied by Tyrrell Sea. The preservation of the scour marks suggests that the lake drained suddenly.Ice-scour marks are easily recognized on air photographs and provide a means of identifying areas that have been inundated by glacial lakes. Scours in emerged marine sediment are generally obliterated by littoral processes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Hudson Bay Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Hudson Bay Hudson Glacial Lake ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) Tyrrell ENVELOPE(-69.512,-69.512,-69.634,-69.634) Sprott Lake ENVELOPE(-99.668,-99.668,58.378,58.378) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19 5 1079 1087 |
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In northern Manitoba, intersecting grooves 300–1800 m long are ice-scour marks created by the dragging of iceberg keels along rises in the bed of a glacial lake whose water plane was at about 305 m asl. The lake was bounded by glacial ice on its northern and eastern margins. The occurrence of scours on topographic divides indicates that a single extensive lake, thought to be a northern extremity of Lake Agassiz, occupied the area as far north as Seal River at the time the ice scours were formed. The lake extended as far west as Sprott Lake and eastwards into the Hudson Bay Lowlands into an area later occupied by Tyrrell Sea. The preservation of the scour marks suggests that the lake drained suddenly.Ice-scour marks are easily recognized on air photographs and provide a means of identifying areas that have been inundated by glacial lakes. Scours in emerged marine sediment are generally obliterated by littoral processes. |
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Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba |
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Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba |
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Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba |
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Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba |
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Relict ice-scour marks and late phases of Lake Agassiz in northernmost Manitoba |
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relict ice-scour marks and late phases of lake agassiz in northernmost manitoba |
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ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) ENVELOPE(-69.512,-69.512,-69.634,-69.634) ENVELOPE(-99.668,-99.668,58.378,58.378) |
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Hudson Bay Hudson Glacial Lake Tyrrell Sprott Lake |
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Hudson Bay Hudson Glacial Lake Tyrrell Sprott Lake |
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