Morphology related to the South Saskatchewan River in the Outlook Saskatoon region is basically a product of the complex relationships between fluvial activity, glacial and lacustrine history and surficial materials. / During deglaciation, the river experienced numerous major changes before becoming incised in its present location. Channel scars and deltaic-alluvial deposits are widespread. / The present valley proper shows marked local variation in overall width; terrace characteristics; occurrence of slumping, and features of the valley floor including floor and river widths, gradients, braiding, meandering, channel bars and islands, and flood plain characteristics and development. Differences are largely the result of (a) pronounced variations in the resistance to erosion of materials of the valley sides and floor; (b) the influence of an alluvium-filled gut, underlying the river in the south, on width and slumping; and (c) the influence, in the north, of sharp bends which were inherited from a braided network of early high-level channels.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.105375 |
| Date | January 1970 |
| Creators | Hodgins, Larry Edwin |
| Contributors | Bird, J.B. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Geography) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 003698532, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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