Quelques Caractéristiques Géologiques et Minéralogiques des Dépôts d'Argile du Nord-Ouest du Québec

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ballivy, Gérard, Pouliot, Gaston, Loiselle, André
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1971
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Glacial Lake; Rupert; Tyrrell; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e71-142; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e71-142

The clay deposits of Northwestern Quebec (from Matagami to Rupert House) were formed during the retreat of the Laurentian ice sheet. The oldest deposits are varved clays formed when the region was submerged by glacial Lake Barlow – Ojibway; the varved clays have been traced northward to Rupert House...