Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Glacial Lake Souris, North Dakota: effects of a glacial-lake outburst

• Main Author: Lord, Mark L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UND Scholarly Commons 1988
• Subjects: Geology; Stratigraphic > Pleistocene; Lake sediments > North Dakota > Souris; Lake; Glacial lakes > North Dakota > Souris; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://commons.und.edu/theses/183; https://commons.und.edu/context/theses/article/1182/viewcontent/Lord__Mark_L.__PhD_Diss_1988.pdf; https://commons.und.edu/context/theses/article/1182/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Lord_Plate.zip

Glacial-lake outbursts commonly occurred along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet as ice-marginal lakes suddenly drained. These outbursts released huge volumes of water with tremendous erosive potential, forming large trench-shape channels. Although glacial-lake spillways have been stud...