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Author : Christiansen, E.A.; Sauer, E.K.; and Shreiner, B.T.
Date : 1995
Title : Glacial Lake Saskatchewan and Lake Agassiz deltas in east-central Saskatchewan with special emphasis on the Nipawin delta
Publication : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue : 32(3)
Page(s) : 334-348
Abstract
The Nipawin delta extends eastward from the town of Nipawin in east-central Saskatchewan. The Prince Albert and Fort a la Corne deltas formed in Lake Saskatchewan at the mouths of the South and North Saskatchewan rivers, whereas the Nipawin and Mossyvale deltas formed in Lake Agassiz at the mouth of the Saskatchewan River. These deltas became lower in elevation and younger eastward. Clays beneath the Nipawin and Mossyvale deltas can be traced beneath the Prince Albert and Fort a la Come deltas with little change in thickness, suggesting that most of the clays beneath the Nipawin and Mossyvale deltas were deposited during the formation of the Prince Albert and Fort a la Corne deltas. The Nipawin delta formed between 10200 and 9500 BP. The Campbell strandline (Emerson phase) was the shoreline of the Nipawin delta. The Mossyvale delta formed about 9500 BP. The surface of the Mossyvale delta (McCauleyville level) is about 40 m below the surface of the Nipawin delta (Campbell level).
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