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Glacial
lakes Algonquin, Iroquois and Vermont (Fort Ann Stage)
at approximately 12,500 years
before present.
(Modified from;
Chapman, 1938; Connally and Sirkin, 1973; Denny, 1974; Eschman and
Karrow, 1985;
Hansel et al., 1985; Hughes, 1987; Muller and Prest, 1985; Pair and
Rodrigues, 1993; Occhietti, et al., 2001;
Ridge et al., 1984; Teller, 1987)
Chapman,
D.H., 1937, Late-glacial and postglacial history of the Champlain Valley:
Amer. Jour. of Sci., V.34, 5th
Ser., No.200, p.89-124.
Connally,
G.G., and Sirkin, L., 1973, Wisconsinan history of the Hudson-Champlain
Lobe: in Black, R.F., Goldthwait, R.F., and Willman, H.B.,
(eds.), The Wisconsinan Stage: Geological Society of America Memoir 136,
p.47-69.
Denny, C.S.,
1974, Pleistocene geology of the northeastern Adirondack region, New
York: United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 786, 50p.
Eschman, D.F.,
and Karrow, P.F., 1985, Huron basin glacial lakes: A review: in
Karrow, P.F., and Calkin, P.E., (eds.), Quaternary Evolution of the
Great Lakes: Geological Society of Canada Special Paper 30, p.79-94.
Hansel, A.K.,
Mickelson, D.M., Schneider, A.F., and Larsen, C.E., 1985, Late
Wisconsinan and Holocene history of the Lake Michigan basin: in
Karrow, P.F., and Calkin, P.E., (eds.), Quaternary Evolution of the
Great Lakes: Geological Society of Canada Special Paper 30, p.39-53.
Hughes, T.,
1987, Ice dynamics and deglaciation models: in Ruddiman, W.F.,
and Wright, H.E., (eds.), North America and Adjacent Oceans During the
Last Deglaciation, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North
America, V.K-3, p. 183-220.
Muller, E.H.,
and Prest, V.R., 1985, Glacial Lakes in the Ontario basin: in
Karrow, P.F., and Calkin, P.E., (eds.), Quaternary Evolution of the
Great Lakes: Geological Society of Canada Special Paper 30, p.213-239.
Pair, D.L., and Rodrigues, C.G., 1993, Late Quaternary deglaciation of the southwestern St. Lawrence Lowland, New York and Ontario: Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., v.105, p.1151-1164.
Ridge, J.C.,
Franzi, D.A., and Muller, E.H., 1984, Late Wisconsinan glaciation of the
West Canada Creek valley: in Potter, D.B. (ed.), Field Trip
Guidebook, New York Geological Association, 237-277.
Teller, J.T., 1987, Proglacial lakes and the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: in Ruddiman, W.F., and Wright, H.E., (eds.), North America and Adjacent Oceans During the Last Deglaciation, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, V.K-3, p. 39-70.