Lake Iroquois and its predecessors at Toronto

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Research Article| January 01, 1899 Lake Iroquois and its predecessors at Toronto Arthur P. Coleman Arthur P. Coleman Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1899) 10 (1): 165–176. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-10-165 Article history first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Arthur P. Coleman; Lake Iroquois and its predecessors at Toronto. GSA Bulletin 1899;; 10 (1): 165–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-10-165 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Iroquois Shore near TorontoThe recent finding of fresh water shells in Iroquois beach gravels close to Toronto appears to settle the long debated question as to whether the Iroquois water was a fresh water lake or an arm of the sea, and is per‐ haps of sufficient importance to justify a brief redescription of the whole series of lake deposits in the neighborhood. This must be the only excuse for adding to the already voluminous literature on the Iroquois beach and the complicated problems with which it is connected.Although Dr Spencer long ago followed and determined the elevation of the Iroquois beach north of lake Ontario, as Dr Gilbert has done on the south, it seemed worth while to make a more careful survey of the old coastline in the neighborhood of Toronto, and the results of this are given in the accompanying map (figure 1), malting it . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.