The Nastapoka drift belt, eastern Hudson Bay: implications of a stillstand of the Quebec–Labrador ice margin in the Tyrrell Sea at 8 ka BP

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lajeunesse, Patrick, Allard, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2003
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Glacial Lake; Tyrrell; Ice Sheet; Nastapoka; James Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e02-085; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e02-085

During deglaciation of eastern Hudson Bay, the western margin of the Québec–Labrador sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet came to a stillstand about 8 14 C ka BP along the Nastapoka Hills, a series of topographic highs along the bay. These hills are the northward continuation of the eastern Hudson Bay...