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Show Possible Origin of Everglades Floods during the Ice Age and not Lake Okeechobee are responsible respon-sible for the Florida Everglades, according to Garald Gordon Parker, Park-er, district geologist of the United States geological survey, Miami. It was believed formerly that the Everglades Ev-erglades were formed by the overflow over-flow of Lake Okeechobee, which has no .latural outlet. The escap-in- lake waters were held responsible responsi-ble for the deep rich muck soil of the Everglades region. Parker disproves dis-proves this theory in an article written for the 1948 World Book ..Encyclopedia which reveals that the Everglades region was once the bottom of the sea. During the Ice Age, the region alternately flooded with sea water and drained as the ice sheets advanced and retreated. re-treated. With the retreat of the last Ice Age, the sea rose and flooded the outlets of Everglades streams, laying the foundation for ( the swampy accumulation of muck and peat. I |
