Verendrye valley and the Glidden esker, Saskatchewan: subglacial and ice-walled features in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Christiansen, E. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Canada; Glacial Lake; glacier*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-014; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-014

Verendrye valley is more than 100 km long, about 1 km wide, and at least 225 m deep. Southward, the valley grades into the Glidden esker, the surface of which rises about 280 m above the lowest point in the valley. The sediments in the valley and esker are 205 and 75 m thick, respectively, and form...