Taxonomy of Iowa's Glacial Deposits
From the angle of genesis we lately have to modify some of our ideas on our Glacial till-sheets. Realizing that the continental ice-masses do not emanate from a single center, it is found that our Iowa tills come from what is known as the Keewatin center, on the west of Hudson Bay; while the tills o...
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UNI ScholarWorks
1926
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol33/iss1/45 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/pias/article/5718/viewcontent/044_Taxonomy_of_Iowa_s_Glacial_Deposits.pdf |
Summary: | From the angle of genesis we lately have to modify some of our ideas on our Glacial till-sheets. Realizing that the continental ice-masses do not emanate from a single center, it is found that our Iowa tills come from what is known as the Keewatin center, on the west of Hudson Bay; while the tills on the east side of the Mississippi River originated mainly from the Labradoran center. The only invasion of ice from the last mentioned center is a slight one by the Illinoian ice, in the extreme southeastern part of our state. |
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