PROBABLE WISCONSIN SUBSTAGES AND LATE-WISCONSIN EVENTS IN NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA

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Research Article| August 01, 1953 PROBABLE WISCONSIN SUBSTAGES AND LATE-WISCONSIN EVENTS IN NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA RICHARD FOSTER FLINT RICHARD FOSTER FLINT YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information RICHARD FOSTER FLINT YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 19 May 1952 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1953, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1953) 64 (8): 897–920. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[897:PWSALE]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 19 May 1952 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation RICHARD FOSTER FLINT; PROBABLE WISCONSIN SUBSTAGES AND LATE-WISCONSIN EVENTS IN NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. GSA Bulletin 1953;; 64 (8): 897–920. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[897:PWSALE]2.0.CO;2 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 A variety of evidence suggests that the borders of the Cary and Mankato drift sheets cross eastern New York and New England, that there were two and perhaps three late Wisconsin marine invasions of the St. Lawrence lowland, and that there exist logical eastern correlatives of the low-water phases in the glacial upper Great Lakes, in the form of till-covered marine deposits, the abandoned, drift-filled Niagara gorge, and the North Bay-Ottawa River lake-outlet channel.The suggested events from the Gary maximum to the present are assembled in a correlation chart for comparison and criticism. Although the scheme proposed is suggestive only, it is consistent with ecology implied by fossils, with the dates and amplitudes of known crustal movements, and with the radium- and radiocarbon dates of the dated materials collected from the region. 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.