Probable Pre-Neoglacial Age of the Type Temple Lake Moraine, Wyoming: Discussion and Additional Relative-Age Data

Late Quaternary vegetation history of the Yellowstone Lake basin, Wyoming

“…(Richmond, 1969b), and the Gannett Peak Stade, which began about 700 years ago and continues to the present (Porter andDenton, 1967, p. 201). Recently, however, Birkeland andMiller (1973), Birkeland (1974), andCurrey (1974) showed that the type section of the Temple Lake in the Wind River Range is pre-Altithermal and may be late Pinedale in age. A new type section and name should be chosen for this 2,800-year-old glacial advance.…”

Reply to Comments on “Late Pleistocene Age of the Type Temple Lake Moraine, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U.S.A.”

“…Nor could we find in these pages any relativeage data for the type Temple Lake deposits. In contrast, Moss (1951), Richmond (1965), Currey (1974), Miller and Birkeland (1974), and Zielinski and Davis (1987) all provided data bearing on the ages of Temple Lake deposits at their type locality. Mahaney (1978) proposed replacement of the term "Temple Lake" by the term "early".…”

Ecological types of the eastern slope of the Wind River Range, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming

“…Temple Lake till is named after till deposits in a glacial cirque in the upper Temple Lake valley (Currey 1974;Miller and Birkeland 1974;Dahms and others 2010). Glaciers corresponding with the Temple Lake glaciation were relatively small compared to the Bull Lake and Pinedale glaciations and remained within glacial cirques in the high mountains.…”