Sedimentology and history of a Late Wisconsinan glacial lake, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Author: LIVERMAN, DAVID G. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Canada; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1991.tb00154.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1991.tb00154.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1991.tb00154.x

The Grande Prairie region of northwestern Alberta was partially covered by glacial Lake Peace, which was dammed against the retreating Laurentide ice sheet. Two levels of glacial Lake Peace are identified in the study are by closely spaced groups of strandlines and minor deltas lying at 805 to 840 m...