Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part II: North AmericaThis book is the second of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial community, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary workers. In particular the need for accurate ice-front positions is a basic requirement for the rapidly growing field of palaeoclimate modelling. In order to provide the information for the widest-possible range of users in the most accessible form, a series of digital maps was prepared. The glacial limits were mapped in ArcView, the Geographical Information System (GIS) used by the work group. Included with the publication is a CD with digital maps, showing glacial limits, end moraines, ice-dammed lakes, glacier-induced drainage diversions and the locations of key sections through which the glacial limits are defined and dated. The last deglaciation is also shown in 500 year time-steps. The digital maps in this volume cover the USA and Canada and include Greenland and Hawaii. Both overview maps and more detailed maps at a scale 1: 1,000,000 are provided. Also available:Part I: Europe, ISBN 0-444-51462-7Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, ISBN 0-444-51593-3 |
Contents
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The Quaternary Glacial Record of British Columbia Canada | 39 |
Glaciations of the Sierra Nevada California USA | 51 |
Great Basin of the western United States | 63 |
Glaciation of the Hawaiian Islands | 69 |
Quaternary Glaciations in Illinois | 71 |
New York Glacial Geology USA | 201 |
Glaciation of North Dakota USA | 207 |
The Appalachian Glacier Complex in Maritime Canada | 213 |
Pleistocene Glaciation of Ohio USA | 233 |
The Glaciation of Pennsylvania USA | 237 |
Late Wisconsinan Early Holocene Deglaciation of QuebecLabrador | 243 |
Glacial Limits in the Middle and Southern Rocky Mountains USA South of the Yellowstone Ice Cap | 275 |
Glaciation of Western Washington USA | 289 |
PreWisconsinan Glacial Database and Ice Limits in the Central United States | 83 |
The Deglaciation of Maine USA | 89 |
A Regional Perspective | 111 |
The Status of Glacial Mapping in Minnesota | 119 |
Pleistocene Mountain Glaciation in Montana USA | 125 |
Limits of Mountain and Continental Glaciations East of the Continental Divide in Northern Montana and NorthWestern North Dakota USA | 131 |
Late Pleistocene History of New Brunswick Canada | 151 |
The Quaternary Glaciation of Western New England with Correlations to Surrounding Areas | 169 |
A Review of Stratigraphy and Glaciation History | 295 |
Timing and Extent of PlioPleistocene Glaciations in NorthWestern Canada and EastCentral Alaska 1 | 313 |
Late Pleistocene Chronology of Glacial Lake Old Crow and the NorthWest Margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet | 347 |
Thickness and Character of Quaternary Sediments in the Glaciated United States East of the Rocky Mountains | 363 |
An Outline of North American Deglaciation with Emphasis on Central and Northern Canada | 373 |
Middle and Late Quaternary Glacial Limits in Greenland | 425 |
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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part II: North America J. Ehlers,P.L. Gibbard No preview available - 2004 |
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