“…The depositional environment of the Gowganda Formation is considered by most workers to have been glacial or periglacial (Collins, 1925;Arnold, 1954;Overshine, 1964Overshine, , 1965Cassyhap, 1966Cassyhap, , 1968Lindsey, 1966;Young, 1973). emphasized that only part of the Gowganda is likely to actually be glacial till; the rest being glacial-fluvial, glacio-marine, and even non-glacial mass transport deposits such as mudflows and turbidites.…”