Late Holocene sea-level change around Newfoundland
Differential sea-level change in formerly glaciated areas is predicted owing to variability in extent and timing of glacial coverage. Newfoundland is situated close to the margin of the former Laurentide ice sheet, and the orientation of the shoreline affords the opportunity to investigate variable...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e07-036 2024-09-09T19:45:17+00:00 Late Holocene sea-level change around Newfoundland Daly, Julia F Belknap, Daniel F Kelley, Joseph T Bell, Trevor 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e07-036 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e07-036 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 44, issue 10, page 1453-1465 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 journal-article 2007 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e07-036 2024-06-20T04:11:56Z Differential sea-level change in formerly glaciated areas is predicted owing to variability in extent and timing of glacial coverage. Newfoundland is situated close to the margin of the former Laurentide ice sheet, and the orientation of the shoreline affords the opportunity to investigate variable rates and magnitudes of sea-level change. Analysis of salt-marsh records at four sites around the island yields late Holocene sea-level trends. These trends indicate differential sea-level change in recent millennia. A north–south geographic trend reflects submergence in the south, very slow sea-level rise in the northeast, and a recent transition from falling to rising sea-level at the base of the Northern Peninsula. This variability is best explained as a continued isostatic response to deglaciation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Newfoundland Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44 10 1453 1465 |
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Differential sea-level change in formerly glaciated areas is predicted owing to variability in extent and timing of glacial coverage. Newfoundland is situated close to the margin of the former Laurentide ice sheet, and the orientation of the shoreline affords the opportunity to investigate variable rates and magnitudes of sea-level change. Analysis of salt-marsh records at four sites around the island yields late Holocene sea-level trends. These trends indicate differential sea-level change in recent millennia. A north–south geographic trend reflects submergence in the south, very slow sea-level rise in the northeast, and a recent transition from falling to rising sea-level at the base of the Northern Peninsula. This variability is best explained as a continued isostatic response to deglaciation. |
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Late Holocene sea-level change around Newfoundland |
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