The late Quaternary stratigraphic record northwest of Montréal: regional ice-sheet dynamics, ice-stream activity, and early deglacial events

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ross, Martin, Parent, Michel, Benjumea, Beatriz, Hunter, James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e05-118; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e05-118

The Quaternary sediments of previously unstudied buried valleys and sections near Montréal are analyzed and other sites are revisited to further develop the stratigraphic framework of the St. Lawrence Lowland and to establish regional glacial and deglacial models. The southwest-trending buried valle...