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GSA Special Papers
Stratigraphic Analyses Using GPR
Author(s)
Geological Society of America

Volume
432
Copyright:
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813724324
Publication date:
January 01, 2007
Book Chapter
The internal structure of relict lacustrine deltas, northern New York
Author(s)
Christopher W. Stevens
Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Christopher W. Stevens
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Stephen D. Robinson
Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 13617, USA
Stephen D. Robinson
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Published:January 01, 2007
Relict deltas of well-sorted and well-drained sands are among numerous strand-line deposits that mark the former shoreline positions of glacial Lake Iroquois in northern New York. In this study, ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to image the subsurface architecture of four Late Pleistocene lacustrine deltas to provide information about their depositional environment. The surveyed deltas indicate two distinct glacial Lake Iroquois water levels, the Frontenac and Trenton water phases.
A pulseEKKO 100 GPR unit and a 400 Vtransmitter, combined with 50 and 100 MHz antennas are used to provide a better understanding of the internal structures, delta thickness, and...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Cenozoic
- channels
- clastic sediments
- deltas
- deposition
- dropstone
- facies
- geomorphology
- geophysical methods
- geophysical profiles
- geophysical surveys
- glacial features
- glacial lakes
- ground-penetrating radar
- lacustrine environment
- Lake Iroquois
- lake-level changes
- lakes
- New York
- North America
- paleolakes
- patterns
- Pleistocene
- Quaternary
- radar methods
- Saint Lawrence County New York
- Saint Lawrence Lowlands
- sand
- sedimentary structures
- sediments
- stratigraphic units
- surveys
- thickness
- United States
- upper Pleistocene
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