Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region

Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region
Author: Alan Kehew
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813725305

Taking advantage of new technological advances in Quaternary geology and geomorphology, this volume showcases new developments in glacial geology. Honoring the legacy of Frank Leverett and F.B. Taylor's 1915 USGS monograph of the region, this book includes 12 chapters that cover diverse topics ranging from hydrogeology, near-surface geophysics, geotectonics, and vertebrate paleontology to glacial geomorphology and glacial history. Several papers make use of detailed but nuanced shaded relief maps of digital elevation models of LiDAR data; these advances are brought into historical perspective by visiting the history of geologic mapping of Michigan. Looking forward, interpretations of the shaded relief maps evoke novel processes, such as regional evolution of subglacial and supraglacial drainage systems of receding glacial margins. The volume also includes assessment of chronological issues in light of greater accuracy and precision of radiocarbon dating of plant fossils using accelerator mass spectrometry versus older techniques.

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Carl W. Stover
Publisher:
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1983
Genre: Barite
ISBN:

A history of four advances of late Wisconsinan glacial ice and of the proglacial lakes ponded south of the ice fronts during the last two advances.

The Last Interglacial-Glacial Transition in North America

The Last Interglacial-Glacial Transition in North America
Author: Peter U. Clark
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813722705

Focuses on the last time glaciers spread across the continent, using the records of former ice sheets, glaciers, and pluvial lakes to understand the response of North American ice sheets and glaciers to the climate change that ended the last (before ours) interglacial period. The 21 papers, most fro

Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice

Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice
Author: Lee J. Florea
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2018
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813700515

"This volume includes compelling science and field trips in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. Take a journey through the Heartland to sand dunes, outcrops, quarries, rivers, caves, and springs that connect Paleozoic stratigraphy with the assembly of Gondwana, continental glaciation with Quaternary geomorphology and hydrology, and landscape with the human environment"--