Puget Lobe
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The Puget Lobe was a large tongue of glacial ice that advanced into the Puget Sound region of Washington State during the last ice age, shaping much of the area’s modern topography.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial lobe
ⓘ
tongue of glacial ice ⓘ |
| advancedInto | Puget Sound region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedGlaciationName | Vashon Glaciation GENERATED ⓘ |
| boundedByToEast | Cascade Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedByToWest | Olympic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdLandforms |
drumlins
ⓘ
eskers ⓘ kettles ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ proglacial lakes ⓘ till plains ⓘ |
| deposited |
Vashon till
ⓘ
end moraines at its maximum extent ⓘ glacial outwash sediments ⓘ |
| eroded |
Lake Sammamish basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Washington basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Whatcom basin NERFINISHED ⓘ basins now occupied by Puget Sound ⓘ deep troughs of Puget Sound ⓘ straits and inlets of Puget Sound ⓘ |
| evidencePreservedIn |
glacial landforms of Seattle area
ⓘ
stratigraphy of Puget Lowland ⓘ |
| flowDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
distribution of soils in Puget Sound region
ⓘ
drainage patterns in Puget Sound lowland ⓘ locations of modern lakes in Puget Sound region ⓘ locations of modern rivers in Puget Sound region ⓘ locations of modern wetlands in Puget Sound region ⓘ |
| lastMajorAdvanceApproximateAge | about 17,000 years ago ⓘ |
| lastMajorAdvanceDuring | Last Glacial Maximum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| maximumExtentApproximateLatitude | near Tenino, Washington ⓘ |
| maximumExtentDirection | southward ⓘ |
| maximumThickness |
over 1,000 meters
ⓘ
over 3,000 feet ⓘ |
| partOf | Cordilleran Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryIceSource | Fraser Lowland and interior British Columbia GENERATED ⓘ |
| regionImpacted |
Olympia area
ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacoma area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retreatedBy | about 13,000 years ago ⓘ |
| shaped | modern topography of Puget Sound lowland ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
glacial geology ⓘ |
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