New evidence for an independent Wisconsin-age ice cap over Newfoundland
A reinterpretation of the relative ages of glacial striae in southwestern Newfoundland, and new evidence from erratic till-boulder provenances there, support an early view, since abandoned, that at the last glacial maximum the island supported its own ice cap and was not affected by ice from Labrado...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1970
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-133 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-133 |
| Summary: | A reinterpretation of the relative ages of glacial striae in southwestern Newfoundland, and new evidence from erratic till-boulder provenances there, support an early view, since abandoned, that at the last glacial maximum the island supported its own ice cap and was not affected by ice from Labrador. |
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