IV.—Canadian Pleistocene

Reference is sometimes made, in the course of the active discussion of the Glacial age in the Geological Magazine, to the Pleistocene of Canada, a country which, perhaps, as much as any other, in its great extent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from latitude 45° to the Arctic Sea, affords oppo...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Author: Dawson, J. W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1883
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800164295
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Summary:Reference is sometimes made, in the course of the active discussion of the Glacial age in the Geological Magazine, to the Pleistocene of Canada, a country which, perhaps, as much as any other, in its great extent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from latitude 45° to the Arctic Sea, affords opportunities for the study of the deposits of this period. It has occurred to me, in connexion with this, that it might be useful to your readers to present to them a short summary of Canadian facts, as I think I have established them in publications on this subject, which are, perhaps, better known in this country than in England.