Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 442 ALBANY, N. Y. March i, 1909 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum bulletin 127 



GLACIAL WATERS IN CENTRAL 

 NEW YORK 



BY 



H. L. FAIRCHILD 



PAGE 



Introduction 5 



General description; preliminary 



outline 7 



Detailed description 11 



Batavia to Genesee valley 11 



Genesee valley to Irondequoit 

 valley 14 



Irondequoit valley to the Cayuga 

 depression 15 



Cayuga depression: Clyde chan- 

 nels 20 



Jordan-Skaneateles meridian to 

 Syracuse 21 



Marcellus channels: Lake War- 

 ren escape 26 



Birth of Niagara Falls and Lake 

 Erie 30 



Onondaga valley to Limestone 

 valley 31 



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Limestone valley to Chittenango 

 valley 37 



Chittenango valley to Oneida 



valley 39 



Deltas 40 



Principles in delta construction. 40 



Description 44 



Theoretic succession: summary 48 

 Oscillations of the ice front: War- 

 ren waters 50 



Warren outflow 52 



Lake Dana 53 



Theo'retic lake succession 54 



Description of the maps of 



glacial lake succession 54 



Summary of the glacial drainage 



history 56 



Bibliography 59 



Index 62 



