A Conceptual Model of the Deglaciation of Southern Rhode Island

• Main Author: Smith, Theresa L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2010
• Subjects: Block Island; Canada; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/2093; https://doi.org/10.23860/thesis-smith-theresa-2010; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/theses/article/3054/viewcontent/Thesis_Smith_Theresa_2010.pdf; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/theses/article/3054/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/thesis_smith_theresa_2010_Plate1.pdf

Laurentide deglaciation in southern Rhode Island (RI) is characterized by the systematic retreat of two glacial lobes: the Central Rhode Island/Eastern Connecticut (CRI) lobe and the Narragansett Basin (NB) lobe. A conceptual model of the deglaciation of southern Rhode Island is offered to provide n...