BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



VOL. 27, PP. 645-672, PLS. 22-2* NOVEMBER 30, 1916 



GLACIAL LAKES AND OTHER GLACIAL FEATURES OP THE 

 CENTRAL ADIRONDACK^* 



BY HAROLD L. ALLING 



(Presented by title before the Society December 29, 1915) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 646 



Multiple glaciation 647 



The Laurentian ice-body 647 



Extent and thickness - 647 



Movement ... 647 



Erosional work 648 



Constructional work 650 



Moraines 650 



Possible local moraines 651 



Eskers 651 



Karnes 651 



Outwash plains 651 



Morainal damming 651 



Glacial lakes 652 



General observations on the origin of the lakes 652 



Keene Valley group 653 



Upper series 653 



Western section 653 



South Meadows Lake 653 



Eastern section — Keene Lake 654 



Eastern and western sections — Newman Lake 655 



Saranac glacial waters 656 



Saint Hubert Lake 657 



Lower series. 657 



Confined entirely to the eastern section 657 



Wilmington Lake 657 



Cataract outlet channels 657 



Upper Jay Lake 662 



Haselton Lake 662 



* Manuscript received by the Secretary of the Society December 31, 1915. 

 The writer is indebted to Professors James F. Kemp, Herman L. Fairchild, and espe- 

 cially to Prof. George H. Chadwick, for advice and counsel, both in the field and in the 

 laboratory. 



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