Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 17 August 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4100, pp. 651 - 653
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4100.651
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Pleistocene Glaciation in the Blue Ridge Province, Southern Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina

James O. Berkland 1 and Loren A. Raymond 1

1 Department of Geography-Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28607

Glacial polish, grooves, and striations discovered at an elevation of 1370 meters in the headwaters of Boone Fork on Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, indicate the former, existence of alpine glaciation at a latitude of 36°07'N. The Boone Fork glacier was located 890 kilometers south of the previously recognized southern limit of alpine glaciation in the Appalachian Mountains, and 350 kilometers southeast of the nearest point on the Laurentide ice sheet. This find has significant implications for studies of Pleistocene geomorphology, paleobiology, and paleoclimatology in the eastern United States.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
North Carolina Glacier: Evidence Disputed.
J. B. McKeon, J. B. McKeon, J. T. Hack, W. L. Newell, J. O. Berkland, and L. A. Raymond (1974)
Science 184, 88-91
   PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)