Glaciofluvial infilling and scour of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during ice-sheet glaciation

Research Article| August 01, 1994 Glaciofluvial infilling and scour of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during ice-sheet glaciation Derek B. Booth Derek B. Booth 1King County Basin Planning, 700 Fifth Avenue #2200, Seattle, Washington 981042Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington AJ-20, Seattle, Washington 98195 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Derek B. Booth 1King County Basin Planning, 700 Fifth Avenue #2200, Seattle, Washington 981042Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington AJ-20, Seattle, Washington 98195 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1994) 22 (8): 695–698. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0695:GIASOT>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Derek B. Booth; Glaciofluvial infilling and scour of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during ice-sheet glaciation. Geology 1994;; 22 (8): 695–698. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0695:GIASOT>2.3.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 SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The Puget lobe, the southwesternmost extension of the Cordilleran ice sheet, last advanced into the Puget Lowland of western Washington at about 15 ka. The advancing ice sheet deposited voluminous sediment on a prograding, proglacial outwash plain that extended from the Olympic Mountains to the Cascade Range, herein recognized as the "great Lowland fill." Subsequent overrunning by the ice sheet excavated deep linear troughs now occupied by the large lakes and marine waters of Puget Sound. Excavation of these troughs and valleys of the Puget Lowland required the net transport of about 1000 km3 of sediment, almost entirely during ice occupation and primarily by subglacial water. These landforms of glaciofluvial deposition and erosion define the modern landscape here, emphasizing the importance of these processes in the region's geomorphology. 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.