Genesis and Sedimentation of an Ice-Walled Lake Plain in Northeastern Illinois

• Main Author: Petras, Justine
• Other Authors: Best, James L.
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: ice walled lake plain; Illinois glacial geology; radiocarbon dating; deposition model; Lake May; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16797

Ice-walled lake plains (IWLPs) form along glacial margins in areas of stagnating ice. In Illinois, IWLPs tend to have low relief (<7m) and were formed during the last deglaciation of the Lake Michigan lobe (20,800 to 16,000 cal. yr BP). Past research on IWLPs in Illinois has focused on developing...