Reading Sheet – Whalen – Proglacial Lake….

1. What’s the main focus of the article (i.e., what are the three or four points that you think the author wants you to take away after you have read his work). BTW, Tim was a UVM Masters student in the mid 1990s.

2. Briefly describe, in your own words, the geologic history of the Huntington Valley since the ice began to melt down and the ice margin began to retreat >14,000 years ago.

3. List and describe several methods that Tim used to investigate and assign ages to the Huntington River terraces. What is the age range represented by river terraces of the Huntington?