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Ice Ages andthe Missoula Floods
Basic GlacierTypes
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Valley Glaciers (South Cascade Glacier)
Ice Sheets (Greenland)
Anatomy of a GlacierWhen it gets colder or wetter - glaciers get bigger
Climate Since the Cenozoic
Tukwilla Fm
Blakeley FmVashon Fm
H-2
How do we know that we have been in an Ice Age for 2 Myrs?
Evidence of:1. Glacial Erosion2. Glacial Sediments3. Glacial Landforms
1. Glacial Erosion
Mt. Stuart
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2. Glacial Sediments
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Till
Outwash (Sand & Gravel)
3. Glacial LandformsMoraine
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Glacial Erratic
North American Ice SheetsLast Glacial Period (ca. 20,000 yrs)
H-1
17,000 years ago
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H-4
Puget Sound Ice
(map D Molenaar, 1987)
Puget Sound During the Ice Age (A Modern Analogy - Columbia Glacier, AK)
Austin Post
Sequence of Events
Puget Sound Animation
H-10
Seattle Area Shows
Evidence for Several Glacial
Advances
Glacial Formations
in Puget Sound
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H-3
Climate Since the CenozoicH-2
Glacial Cycles Within an Ice Age
Quaternary Ice Age2 Myrs
Glacial Period
Interglacial Period
H-3
Glacial Sediments in Puget Sound