Physiography and glacial geology of western Montana and adjacent areas; a study of glacial features in the intermontane valleys and the drainage area of the upper Missouri and Columbia Rivers.
| Author/creator | Alden, William C. |
| Other author | United States. Department of the Interior. |
| Other author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953. |
| Description | v, 200 pages illustrations, plates, maps (2 folded, color) 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.) Professional paper 231 Geological Survey professional paper 231. ^A16492 |
| Contents | Abstract -- Introduction -- Field Studies -- General features of western Montana -- Paleocene and Eocene epochs -- Livingston formation and Sphinx conglomerate -- Bouldery deposits and Eocene till on the Gravelly Range -- Bouldery gravel near Armstead and Anaconda -- Oligocene and Miocene epochs -- Townsend Valley -- Madison River Valley -- Tertiary "lake beds" in the valley of Yellowstone River -- Centennial Valley and valley of the Ruby River -- Jefferson and Beaverhead Valleys -- Basins of Red Rock River and Sage Creek -- Basins of Sheep Creek and Muddy Creek -- Basin of Horse Prarie Creek -- Basin of Grasshopper Creek -- Basin of Big Hole River -- Bitterroot Valley -- Missoula Valley -- Upper basin of the Clark Fork and Deer Lodge Valley -- Flint Creek and Rock Creek -- Avon Valley -- Nevada Valley -- Tertiary deposits along Flathead River -- Valleys of Middle Fork and Flathead River -- Flathead Lake basin and the Rocky Mountain Trench -- Tertiary deposits near Sain Regis -- Little Bitterroot Valley and Camas Prairie Basin -- Tertiary deposits near Plains, Mont. [Montana] -- Lower valley of the Clark Fork -- Pliocene and early Pleistocene epochs -- Upper Missouri River basin -- West of the Continental Divide -- Highlands of the Bitterroot Range and Cabinet Mountains -- Pend Oreille River in northern Idaho and Washington -- The valley of the Kootenai River and the Porthill bench -- Pleistocene epoch -- Possible pre-Wisconsin glacial deposits east of the Continental Divide -- Helena region -- Bozeman region -- Madison Valley and vicinity -- Pre-Wisconsin glacial drift near Grace, Mont. [Montana] -- Deposits near Argenta and in the Big Hole Basin -- Possible pre-Wisconsin glacial deposits west of the Continental Divide -- Old drift in the region of Anaconda and Silverbow -- Early Pleistocene drift in the Bitterroot Valley -- Early Pleistocene drift in the Jocko Valley -- Early and middle Pleistocene terraces -- General relations -- Terraces on the Missouri River -- Second terrace in the Madison Valley -- Second terrace in the Jefferson River basin -- Terraces along Red Rock River and its tributaries -- Terraces in the Big Hole Basin -- Terraces in the valleys of the Beaverhead and Jefferson Rivers -- Terraces along the Clark Fork and its tributaries -- Illinoian or Wisconsin (Iowan) glacial deposits west of the Continental Divide -- Drift on Flint and Boulder Creeks north of Philipsburg, Mont. [Montana]. |
| Contents | Drift at Pioneer and in the valley of the Little Blackfoot River -- Drift in the Blackfoot River basin -- Drift in the Flathead River basin -- The Mission moraine -- Little Bitterroot Valley -- Camas Prairie Basin -- Rainbow Lake and Boyer Creek bench -- Wisconsin stage of glaciation west of the Continental Divide -- Glaciers of East Fork and Bitterroot River -- Glaciers of the Bitterroot Range -- Glaciers of the Anaconda Range and Sapphire Mountains -- Glaciers of the Flint Creek Range -- Glaciers of Little Blackfoot River and Threemile Creek -- Blackfoot River basin -- Glacier of Rattlesnake Creek -- Glaciers of the Jocko RIver basin -- Glaciers of the Mission Range -- The Flathead glacier -- The east Kootenai glacier -- Glaciation near Libby, Mont. [Montana] -- Troy glacial lobe -- Glaciation of the Purcell Trench -- Glacial Lake Missoula -- Wisconsin stage of glaciation east of the Continental Divide -- Relations to moraines of possible Illinoian of Wisconsin (Iowan) age -- Moraines of the glaciers in the Big Hole basin -- Glaciers of the Pioneer Mountains -- Glaciers of Grasshopper Creek basin -- Glaciers on Garfield Mountain and the Snowcrest Range -- Glaciers of the Centennial Mountains -- Glaciers of the upper Madison River -- Glaciers of the west flank of Madison Range -- Late Pleistocene terraces on Madison River -- Glaciers of the Tobacco Root Mountains -- Moraines of the Gallatin River glaciers -- Glaciers of the Boulder River region -- Summary of glacial features in the upper Missouri River basin -- Glacial deposits north of Yellowstone National Park -- Later Pleistocene and Recent terraces -- Recent faults -- Earthquakes -- Existing glaciers -- References cited -- Index. |
| Abstract | A study of glacial features in the intermontane valleys and the drainage area of the upper Missouri and Columbia Rivers. |
| Local note | Joyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | 2 maps, 2 charts in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Alden, William C. (William Clinton), 1871-1959. Physiography and glacial geology of western Montana and adjacent areas |
| LCCN | gs 54000249 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:231 |
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