1. Glacial Landforms of The
Keweenaw Peninsula
Stan Vitton, PhD, PE
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University

2. Introduction
The Snowball Earth and the History of Glacial
Geology
Glaciation of the Great Lakes
The Keweenaw Peninsula Underwater
The Keweenaw Peninsula Today
Conclusions
Glacial Landforms of
The Keweenaw Peninsula

3. Introduction

4. Introduction

5. Introduction

6. The Snowball Earth

7. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

8. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

9. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

19. Iso-static Rebound

20. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

22. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

23. Glaciation of the Great Lakes

24. The Keweenaw Peninsula
Underwater
Landslide Location

28. Liquefaction boils from the sand
layers below the varved clay/silt layer

36. The Keweenaw Peninsula Today

37. Glacial Grooves

38. Ancient Shorelines

39. The Portage Lake Waterway
via Google

40. Thank you!!
The End!!