TOPIC: GLACIAL GEOLOGY See Powerpoints from class-

INTRO FEATURES NYS Glacialogy (.pdf file from T. McGuire)

Types of Glaciers:

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2)

Associated Sediments and Deposits:

Glacial Till:

Drumlins:

Kames:

Eskers:

Kettles/Kettle Lakes:

Terminal Moraine:

Braided Stream:

Outwash:

Evidence for PAST Glaciations:

1)

2)

3)

NYS Glaciers: Finger lakes Regions; Long Island

1.5KM Thick 20,000 Years Before Present

Finger Lakes: Central-Southern NYS, dammed by terminal moraine, former river valleys.

Long Island: Outwash Plain and southern terminus of Long Island Sound glaciation

****Glacial Sand and Gravel Deposits are our most important Geological Resource****