Post-glacial uplift and substrate age at Cape Henrietta Maria, southeastern Hudson Bay, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Webber, P. J., Richardson, J. W., Andrews, J. T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1970
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Cape Henrietta Maria; James Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-029; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-029

As a basis for future ecological and biogeographical studies, the post-glacial emergence history of Cape Henrietta Maria was required. This was obtained by fitting a post-glacial emergence curve to a number of radiocarbon dated marine strandlines of known elevation. Analysis shows that the elevation...