DANKE PASSAIC——-AN EXTINCT GEACIAL LAKE: 
CONTENDS: 
The position of the lake and the character of its basin. 
The shore features now in existence. 
In the extra-morainic part of the basin. 
Degradational features. 
Constructional features. 
On the trap, shale and gneiss slopes. 
On the outer face of the moraine. 
In the intra-morainic part of the basin. 
Degradational features. 
Constructional features. 
The lacustrine deposits of Lake Passaic. 
Iceberg deposits. 
Clays and silts. 
The till of the intra-morainic part of the basin. 
The outlets of the lake. 
The Moggy Hollow outlet. 
The Millington gorge. 
The Stanley gorge. 
The Little Falls outlet. 
Great Notch. 
The drift-filled gap at Short Hills. 
The history of Lake Passaic. 
The advance of the ice. 
The Madison stage. 
The retreat of the ice. 
The Upper Preakness stage. 
The Montville stage. 
The final drainage of Lake Passaic. 
The deformation of the lake basin. 
LakE Passaic is the name given by Professor Cook in 1880 to 
an extinct glacial lake supposed to have existed in northern New 
Jersey during the last glacial epoch. Although the existence of 
tGro. H. Cook. Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey, 1880 ; 
pp. 61-64. RoLiin D. Satispury. Ibid., 1892; pp. 126-144. RoL.Lin D. SALIs- 
BURY and Henry B. KUMMEL. Ibid., 1893; pp. 225-328. HENBY B. KUMMEL. 
Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, July 1895 (In 
Press). 
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