Late Pleistocene Glaciations in the Northwestern Sierra Nevada Field Trip Guide and Road Log
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Figure 1. Map of trip with stops (numbers) superimposed on glacial map showing two major units. Tioga is the LGM glacial advance recognized throughout Sierra Nevada. Washington advance is a local name that is not correlated beyond the study area. Dashed road lines (light grey) are unpaved. Figure 2. Location of trip and study area in NW Sierra Nevada, California. Late Pleistocene Glaciations in the Northwestern Sierra Nevada Field Trip Guide and Road Log XVI INQUA Congress, International Quaternary Association from Reno, Nevada, July 27, 2003 L. Allan James Geography Dept., Univ. South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, E-mail: [email protected]
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