WISCONSINAN DEGLACIATION OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND ADJACENT AREAS

The Wisconsinan deglaciation of southern Saskatchewan and adjacent areas of Alberta, Manitoba, Montana, and North Dakota is described in nine phases of glacial advance, readvance, and retreat. Although there is some uncertainty whether Phase 1 or 2 represents the Classical Wisconsin (Woodfordian) terminus, the glacial history from about 17,000-10,000 years ago is considered. Although the glacier margin retreated at an increasing rate in Saskatchewan, the volume of meltwater released by the melting glacier decreased with time.