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Young soils such as proglacial margins are very quickly colonized by larch Larix decidua.

Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland 2008

The resulting stream discharge is termed “proglacial”, and stored water contributes about 50% of the annual runoff.

Terrestrial Water Balance in the Arctic 2009

Glacial Lake Agassiz was the last in a series of proglacial lakes to fill the Red River Valley since the beginning of the Pleistocene.

Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA) 2009

Glacial Lake Agassiz was the last in a series of proglacial lakes to fill the Red River valley in the three million years since the beginning of the Pleistocene.

Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA) 2009

The most marked of these occurred about 8,200 years BP and appears to have been triggered by the catastrophic discharge of freshwater into the northern North Atlantic from proglacial lakes in North America [19].

Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009

These proglacial lakes were formed when major stream or river drainages were blocked by glacial ice during the Pleistocene.

Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA) 2009

The Holocene sedimentary infill of proglacial Mud Lake, British Columbia, Canada, was investigated using 3.5 kHz acoustic sub-bottom profiling and sediment samples.

Loso: Varves in Alaska « Climate Audit 2007

Rodbell et al report the discovery of 5 widespread tephra in thin layers in proglacial lakes:

Tephras in Ecuador « Climate Audit 2006

The authors used the continuous deposition of sediments in a proglacial lake to yield evidence of the discontinuous movements of the glacier.

Laguna Paco Cocha, Peru « Climate Audit 2006

The geological formations – moraines, moraine-dammed proglacial lakes, glacier flow – are all very visible.

Dasuopu at Google Earth « Climate Audit 2006