Glacial geology of the Torngat Mountains, Labrador

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Clark, Peter U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1988
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Torngat Mountains; Shoal Cove; Iron Strand; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e88-116; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e88-116

Two late Quaternary alloformations are identifed throughout the Torngat Mountains by degree of soil profile development in till with a granitic composition, morphologic expression of deposits, and their relative areal distribution. The two alloformations are interpreted to represent two, successivel...