Late Quaternary chronology and environments of Square Lake, Torngat Mountains, Labrador

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Clark, Peter U., Short, Susan K., Williams, Kerstin M., Andrews, John T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Torngat Mountains; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e89-179; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e89-179

Sediment, pollen, and diatom records from Square Lake, a small lake dammed by a segment of Saglek Moraine, cover the period of deposition of and deglaciation from the Saglek Moraine. The basal radiocarbon date (18 210 ± 1900 years BP) is on sediment contaminated by reworked pollen and is thus a maxi...