Lake Agassiz

Glacial Lake London was reconstructed based on Dreimanis work, present-day topography, and lacustrine sediments found on top of the Arva Moraine bluffs in Medway Creek. For the first time, the lake is presented in its entirety at a variety of possible water levels. Catastrophic drainage was reconstructed based on breach dimensions, and geomorphic features found in the Komoka spillway area. Both of these approaches suggest that modern peak hydrology generated by snowmelt or rain-induced floods is…

Until recently it was believed that the earth had only experienced 4 to 5 glacial periods, all of which occurred in the past 2 million years. (Louis Agassiz, 1837) However, globally conducted research has revealed that countless glacial advances have appeared over 200 million years ago, thus broadening our insight of the history of the earth system by 100 times. These astonishing advances have witnessed the introduction of a new sub-discipline—palaeoclimatology, which specialises in the study of…

he had become a renowned naturalist and scientist in Washington D.C.. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823, Baird and his brother William grew up fascinated by nature, an interest fostered by their father and the other great naturalists such as Agassiz and Audubon (Goode, 1897). After attaining bachelors and master’s degrees from Dickinson College and being appointed professor of naturalism, the Smithsonian Institution…

Minnesota’s landscape Minnesota is one of the many states of United States. It is located around the western region of the north United States of America. Survey research reveals that Minnesota is among United States’ largest states. The state is highly dependable by the Americans, especially when it comes to agricultural production. Minnesota’s development is what triggered me towards studying the state fully and ascertain how it really came to being, and how it has developed since it was…

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