Glacial Lake Arkona – Whittlesey transition near Leamington, Ontario: geology, plant, and muskox fossils

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Morris, T. F., McAndrews, J. H., Seymour, K. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Glacial Lake; muskox; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-210; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-210

Proglacial subaquatic fans between Leamington and Colchester, Essex County, Ontario, were deposited in glacial Lake Maumee at the end of the Port Bruce Stade by ice retreating northward. Some fans were buried by till and glaciolacustrine materials. One fan surface, northwest of Leamington, was only...