Ice Formed Beach Features from Lake St. Jean, Quebec
Features characteristic of polar beaches: ice-pusb ridges, ice-contact cusps, shore-ice kettles, residual marks left by melting ice, ice-rafted sediments, meltwater and wind features, occur on the beach at Val Jalbert, Lake St. Jean, Quebec. This example shows that the area covered by so-called ...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1972
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e72-082 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e72-082 |
Summary: | Features characteristic of polar beaches: ice-pusb ridges, ice-contact cusps, shore-ice kettles, residual marks left by melting ice, ice-rafted sediments, meltwater and wind features, occur on the beach at Val Jalbert, Lake St. Jean, Quebec. This example shows that the area covered by so-called 'polar beaches' is not restricted to the Arctic and the Antarctic regions. |
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