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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puget Lobe canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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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