Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Location of flood that triggered younger dryas found

Research suggests the flood originated  from lake agassiz going via present  day site of fort mcmurray  to the mckenzie river delta.

OSL dating of  erosion surface and gravel deposits on richards island  in the mackenzie  delta suggests that there was a large flood, approxiatetly(sp?)11-13,000 years ago.

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