Tag archives for Geology

Sun River-Dearborn River drainage divide area landform origins, western Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation techniques are used to determine landform origins in the Sun River-Dearborn River drainage divide area located in western Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The Sun River originates in the Lewis and Clark Range along the east-west continental divide and flows in an east direction to join the northeast-oriented Missouri River. The […]

South Fork Dearborn River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map interpretation methods to determine landform origins in the South Fork Dearborn River-Missouri River drainage divide area located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. No effort has been made to introduce evidence from other sources. The Missouri River flows in a north-northwest and north-northeast direction along the study region’s east […]

Dearborn River-South Fork Dearborn River drainage divide area landform origins, Lewis and Clark County, Montana

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret Dearborn River-South Fork Dearborn River drainage divide area landform origins in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The Dearborn River originates in the high Lewis and Clark Mountain Range along the east-west continental divide and flows in a southeast direction with some northeast-oriented segments to join a […]

About the “thick ice sheet that melted fast” geomorphology paradigm

Abstract: The “thick ice sheet that melted fast” geomorphology paradigm is being introduced in the Missouri River drainage basin research project essays by interpreting large quantities of previously neglected topographic map drainage divide evidence. Fundamental differences between the “thick ice sheet that melted fast” geomorphology paradigm and the prevailing geomorphology paradigm are related to number […]

Origin of North America east-west continental divide, Dearborn River-Blackfoot River drainage divide, Montana

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret the east-west continental divide origin along the Montana Dearborn River-Blackfoot River drainage divide. The Dearborn River-Blackfoot River drainage divide is oriented in what might be considered a southeast direction along the crests of high mountain ridges at the south end of the Lewis and Clark Mountain […]

Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research short project overview

The Missouri River drainage basin research project is using topographic map interpretation methods to determine landform origins along approximately 500 different drainage divides within and surrounding the Missouri River drainage basin. A separate essay is made for each drainage divide area, which usually includes two location maps and eight examples of topographic maps along with […]

Sixteenmile Creek-Shields River drainage divide area landform origins, central Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation techniques are used to determine landform origins in the Sixteenmile Creek-Shields River drainage divide area located in central Montana. The Shields River is a southwest and south-southeast oriented Yellowstone River tributary and drains the northern Crazy Mountains and the south end of a broad north-south oriented through valley with the Shields […]

Smith River-Belt Creek drainage divide area landform origins north of Little Belt Mountains, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Montana Smith River-Belt Creek drainage divide area north of the Little Belt Mountains. Today the Smith River and Belt Creek are north-oriented tributaries to the northeast-oriented Missouri River in eastern Cascade County, Montana with Belt Creek located east of the Smith River. […]

Missouri River-Hound Creek drainage divide area landform origins Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Missouri River-Hound Creek drainage divide area in Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana. The study region is today a region of high mountains and deep valleys located between the north-northwest and north-northeast oriented Missouri River and east and north-oriented Hound Creek. […]

Hound Creek-Smith River drainage divide area landform origins, Cascade and Meagher Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Hound Creek-Smith River drainage divide area located in Cascade and Meagher Counties, Montana. The Smith River is a north and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast-oriented Missouri River in central Montana and is located east of the Big Belt Mountains. The north-northwest […]

South Fork Smith River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Meagher and Broadwater Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to interpret South Fork Smith River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in the Big Belt Mountains area of Meagher and Broadwater Counties, Montana. West of the Big Belt Mountains the Missouri River flows in a north-northwest direction and then in a northeast direction north of the mountains. […]