Late Wisconsinan Glacial Geomorphology of the Kent Interlobate Complex, Ohio, U.S.A.
The northern sector of the Kent Interlobate Complex, created by two major ice lobes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during late Wisconsinan times, dominates the glacial landscape of northeast Ohio. The geomorphology of this impressive complex reveals the presence of large hummocks, kettle lakes and subs...
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ftsanjosestate:oai:scholarworks.sjsu.edu:geol_pub-1009 2023-07-30T04:04:13+02:00 Late Wisconsinan Glacial Geomorphology of the Kent Interlobate Complex, Ohio, U.S.A. Santos, João 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/geol_pub/10 https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis1258 http://works.bepress.com/joao-santos/3/download/ unknown SJSU ScholarWorks https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/geol_pub/10 doi:10.18055/Finis1258 http://works.bepress.com/joao-santos/3/download/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Faculty Publications Glacial geomorphology interlobate complexes northeast Ohio Geography text 2012 ftsanjosestate https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis1258 2023-07-17T19:02:03Z The northern sector of the Kent Interlobate Complex, created by two major ice lobes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during late Wisconsinan times, dominates the glacial landscape of northeast Ohio. The geomorphology of this impressive complex reveals the presence of large hummocks, kettle lakes and substantial esker chains. The esker chains, usually smaller than 1.3 km long, run parallel to the interlobate complex geographic orientation of northeast-southwest. Gravel pits present on large hummocks display bedded and sorted sedimentary units of gravel, sand and gravel and climbing ripple laminated sand with folds, which demonstrate that the northern sector of the interlobate complex is primarily a glaciofluvial feature. Topping these hummocks is a massive clast-supported diamicton interpreted to be a debris flow. These geomorphic and sedimentary characteristics seem to indicate that hummocks present in the interlobate area are in fact kames and that the entire northern sector of the interlobate complex is a product of late Wisconsinan time transgressive ice stagnation that occurred between two major ice lobes. Text Ice Sheet San José State University: SJSU ScholarWorks Finisterra 47 93 |
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The northern sector of the Kent Interlobate Complex, created by two major ice lobes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during late Wisconsinan times, dominates the glacial landscape of northeast Ohio. The geomorphology of this impressive complex reveals the presence of large hummocks, kettle lakes and substantial esker chains. The esker chains, usually smaller than 1.3 km long, run parallel to the interlobate complex geographic orientation of northeast-southwest. Gravel pits present on large hummocks display bedded and sorted sedimentary units of gravel, sand and gravel and climbing ripple laminated sand with folds, which demonstrate that the northern sector of the interlobate complex is primarily a glaciofluvial feature. Topping these hummocks is a massive clast-supported diamicton interpreted to be a debris flow. These geomorphic and sedimentary characteristics seem to indicate that hummocks present in the interlobate area are in fact kames and that the entire northern sector of the interlobate complex is a product of late Wisconsinan time transgressive ice stagnation that occurred between two major ice lobes. |
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