Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France
Morphogenetic mapping of surficial deposits and analysis of infrequent multiple-unit exposures of drift in the Burin Peninsula and on St. Pierre and Miquelon provide evidence of the following sequence of late Quaternary events in the south-central coastal region of Newfoundland. (1) Overall glaciati...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e80-154 2023-12-17T10:38:31+01:00 Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France Tucker, C. M. McCann, S. B. 1980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e80-154 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e80-154 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 17, issue 11, page 1462-1479 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1980 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e80-154 2023-11-19T13:39:09Z Morphogenetic mapping of surficial deposits and analysis of infrequent multiple-unit exposures of drift in the Burin Peninsula and on St. Pierre and Miquelon provide evidence of the following sequence of late Quaternary events in the south-central coastal region of Newfoundland. (1) Overall glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice (pre-Wisconsinan or, possibly, Early Wisconsinan in age), represented by a few occurrences of weathered till. (2) Overall glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice (Early Wisconsinan), widely represented throughout the peninsula. (3) Marine overlap in the southwest of the peninsula and on St. Pierre and Miquelon (Mid-Wisconsinan). (4) Partial glaciation by ice from an offshore source to the southeast (late Mid-Wisconsinan), represented by onshore-directed striae and a well-developed former ice-marginal position in the lower peninsula. (5) Limited glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice of the northern part of the area (Late Wisconsinan); the former ice margin is a well-defined feature across the Gisborne basin and small separate ice caps existed along the central spine of the upper peninsula. In developing the chronology for these events, the occurrence of marine deposits, containing Foraminifera of proposed Mid-Wisconsinan age, between two till units at Dantzic Cove in the southwest of the Burin Peninsula is important. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 17 11 1462 1479 |
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Morphogenetic mapping of surficial deposits and analysis of infrequent multiple-unit exposures of drift in the Burin Peninsula and on St. Pierre and Miquelon provide evidence of the following sequence of late Quaternary events in the south-central coastal region of Newfoundland. (1) Overall glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice (pre-Wisconsinan or, possibly, Early Wisconsinan in age), represented by a few occurrences of weathered till. (2) Overall glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice (Early Wisconsinan), widely represented throughout the peninsula. (3) Marine overlap in the southwest of the peninsula and on St. Pierre and Miquelon (Mid-Wisconsinan). (4) Partial glaciation by ice from an offshore source to the southeast (late Mid-Wisconsinan), represented by onshore-directed striae and a well-developed former ice-marginal position in the lower peninsula. (5) Limited glaciation by Newfoundland-centred ice of the northern part of the area (Late Wisconsinan); the former ice margin is a well-defined feature across the Gisborne basin and small separate ice caps existed along the central spine of the upper peninsula. In developing the chronology for these events, the occurrence of marine deposits, containing Foraminifera of proposed Mid-Wisconsinan age, between two till units at Dantzic Cove in the southwest of the Burin Peninsula is important. |
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Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France |
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Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France |
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Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France |
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Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France |
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Quaternary events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, France |
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quaternary events on the burin peninsula, newfoundland, and the islands of st. pierre and miquelon, france |
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