Deglaciation of Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia

A palynological study and radiocarbon dating of surficial deposits on Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia, have indicated that deglaciation occurred more than 11 000 yr B.P., and that the presence of an 'upper till' in local depressions is attributable to soil-creep processes under cold and wet...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Terasmae, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Breton Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-132
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-132
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Summary:A palynological study and radiocarbon dating of surficial deposits on Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia, have indicated that deglaciation occurred more than 11 000 yr B.P., and that the presence of an 'upper till' in local depressions is attributable to soil-creep processes under cold and wet climatic conditions some 11 000 to 10 000 yr B.P. No evidence was found of an ice advance younger than 11 000 yr B.P. in western Cape Breton Island.

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