Deglaciation of the North Cascade Range, Washington and British Columbia, from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene

• Published in: Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica
• Main Author: Riedel, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2017
• Subjects: Pleistocene; deglaciation; ice age; North Cascades; Pleistoceno; deglaciación; edad de hielo; Cascadas del Norte; Ela; Hielo; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cig/article/view/3236; https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.3236

Glacial retreat from the North Cascade Range after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at approximately 21 ka until the end of the Pleistocene at 11.6 ka was complex and included both continental and alpine glaciers. Alpine valley glaciers reached their maximum extent before 21.4 ka, then underwent a pun...