Cenozoic history of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota : with emphasis on the Pleistocene / by Arthur David Howard.

Author/creator Howard, Arthur David
Other author United States. Department of the Interior.
Other author Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format Map
Publication[Washington D.C. ] : U.S. Geological Survey, 1960.
ManufactureWashington, [D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office
Descriptionv, 107 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
Supplemental Contenthttps://doi.org/10.3133/pp326
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Cartographic dataScale approximately 1: 642,000 (W 106°10ʹ--W 102°30ʹ/N 49°00ʹ--N 47°00ʹ).
SeriesGeological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 326
Geological Survey professional paper 326. ^A16492
Contents Abstract -- Introduction -- Physiographic setting -- Pre-Pleistocene stratigraphy and structure -- Quaternary stratigraphy -- Geologic history -- Jones cut, an exposure of multiple drift.
Contents Plate 1. Glacial map of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 2. Physiographic map of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 3. Flood-plain profiles across Missouri and Yellowstone valleys, northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 4. Map of pre-Pleistocene rocks of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 5. Map showing histograms of erratic-pebble content of surface till, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 6. Generalized sections of terraces composed of glacial deposits and silts older than the flood plain of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 7. Generalized stratigraphic sections of modern and fossil soils and loess, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota -- Plate 8. Ancestral drainage in relation to principal ice- marginal channels in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Abstract A study emphasizing the Pleistocene history of the north-central Great Plains, with descriptions of glacial and nonglacial deposits and of major drainage changes.
Local noteJoyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9.
General note4 maps, 4 charts in pocket.
General note"A study emphasizing the Pleistocene history of the north-central Great Plains, with descriptions of glacial and nonglacial deposits and of major drainage changes."
General note"United States Department of the Interior. Fred A. Seaton, secretary. Geological Survey. Thomas B. Nolan, director."--Verso title page.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 101-106) and index.
Other formsAlso available via the World Wide Web.
Issued in other formOnline version: Howard, Arthur David, 1906-1986. Cenozoic history of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota, with emphasis on the Pleistocene
Genre/formMaps.
Genre/formGeological maps.
Genre/formGeological maps.
Other titleGlacial map of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titlePhysiographic map of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleFlood-plain profiles across Missouri and Yellowstone valleys, northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleMap of pre-Pleistocene rocks of northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleMap showing histograms of erratic-pebble content of surface till, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleGeneralized sections of terraces composed of glacial deposits and silts older than the flood plain of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleGeneralized stratigraphic sections of modern and fossil soils and loess, northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Other titleAncestral drainage in relation to principal ice- marginal channels in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
LCCNgs 61000182
Govt. docs number I 19.16:326

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