Hi Jim:
Part marks for you. Moraine Lake got its name from glacial activity-
the rock deposits that are gouged up and plowed by an advancing
glacier is called moraine. So that is a very big clue as to the
origins of Moraine lake. The advancing Glacier built a 'dam' and the
retreating Glacier filled it with water.
Gord
On 6-Jun-08, at 11:28 AM, Timpe, Jim wrote:
>
> And isn't Moraine Lake in Alberta of similar origins? At least a
> large
> land slide, maybe or maybe not associated with an earthquake.
>
> Scott: Which lake N of Mt. Rainier? You know, there are still
> standing
> timbers/remnants of shoreline forests at the bottom at Lake Washington
> (South end at least) that are the result of the lahars/mud flow from
> it's last eruption.
>
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