QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE CABINET, HERON AND SMEADS BENCH 7.5’ QUADRANGLES, WITH EMPHASIS ON GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA SEDIMENTS

• Main Author: Welk, Emily
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Montana Tech 2019
• Subjects: Glacial Lake Missoula; rhythmites; flood gravels; Cordilleran Ice Sheet; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; Infrared Stimulated Luminescence; Geology; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/grad_rsch/199; https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1216&context=grad_rsch

The primary scientific purpose of this project was to improve geologic knowledge of valley-fill units in the most downstream portion of the Clark Fork River valley in Montana. This was done to help understand the history of glacial Lake Missoula filling and draining cycles in the vicinity of the dam...