Conclusion
Proglacial zones are very interesting areas as they are influenced by many types of processes, from direct deposition of material by the glacier, to fluvially reworked material, to even lacustrine material. Consequently there is often a large range of deposit types coexisting in close proximity to each other. Assessing spatial patterns of sedimentological and vegetation variables across this area is difficult for several reasons, some of which are related to the collection of data in the field, while others are related to the characteristics of the spatial analyses used. This study found that it was very difficult if not impossible to pick out patterns of variables based on the results from the spatial analyses. This difficulty arises from the fact that notable results, such as high values of a given variable, are often linked to specific polygons whose values cannot be extrapolated to the surrounding area. This lack of ability to project results from one small area, specifically a single sediment polygon, to the larger surrounding area leads to the conclusion that there are not discernable trends across the proglacial area. Further analysis of the results from from this study should be done by looking for patterns of different variables within different categories of deposits.