Viking Moraine
The Viking Moraine is one of four large moraines in Alberta, Canada.[1][2] The moraine "contains pre-glacial lacustrine and glaciofluvial sediments, diamicton and in situ Cretaceous bedrock."[3][4]
The moraine runs generally north–south, until it turns east–west at approximately 52 degrees north.[4]
References[edit]
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Mandy Munro, John Shaw (1997). "Erosional origin of hummocky terrain in south-central Alberta, Canada". Geology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
Stalker (1977) thought that this "moraine" marked the western extent of the late Wisconsinan Laurentide ice, but it was later reinterpreted as an interlobate stagnation feature and renamed the McGregor moraine (Shetsen, 1984).
- ^ Peter G. Knight (2008). "Glacier Science and Environmental Change". John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470750230. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ Darren B. Sjogren (1999). Formation of the Viking Moraine, East-central Alberta: Geomorphic and Sedimentary Evidence (Thesis). The University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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L.A. Bayrock, C.P. Gravenor (1955-01-01). "Glacial Geology of Coronation District, Alberta" (PDF). Research Council of Alberta. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
The eastern side of the Torlea flats is bounded by the Viking moraine. This broad recessional moraine is made up of a series of segments which trend in a north-south direction north of the Coronation district. Just south of the Coronation district the Viking moraine swings to the east and crosses the Saskatchewan-Alberta border at approximately 52 degrees of latitude.
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