Stratigraphy and infill history of the glacially eroded Matane River Valley, eastern Quebec, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Marchand, Jean-Philippe, Buffin-Bélanger, Thomas, Hétu, Bernard, St-Onge, Guillaume
• Other Authors: Trenhaile, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2014
• Subjects: Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2013-0054; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2013-0054; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2013-0054

Terraces in the lower Matane River Valley (eastern Quebec, Canada) were studied to describe the stratigraphic architecture of a glacially eroded valley fill. The Matane River Valley hosted a glacial tongue connected with a regional ice cap during the early opening of a calving bay in the modern St....