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Lake‐ice collapse trenches in Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Author(s) -
Clayton Lee,
Attig John W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290120206
Subject(s) - geology , shore , outwash plain , geomorphology , shelf ice , archaeology , oceanography , glacier , ice stream , sea ice , cryosphere , geography
A series of trenches about a metre deep, 20 to 30 m wide, and as much as 2 km in length occurs in central Wisconsin, along the east shore of proglacial Lake Wisconsin. They are interpreted to be collapse trenches formed when shore ice melted after being buried beneath an expanding outwash plain.