The submarine drainage system of the Labrador Sea : result of glacial input from the Laurentide icesheet

• Main Author: Klaucke, Ingo
• Other Authors: Hesse, Reinhard (advisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 1995
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Geology; Physical Oceanography; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel; Labrador Sea; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29064

Side-scan sonar imagery, 40 in$ sp3$ sleeve gun and 3.5 kHz high-resolution profiles reveal a dichotomy of the upper Labrador Slope into (i) a low-relief sector off Hudson Strait that is dominated by mass-transport deposits resulting from the direct input of subglacially derived debris, and (ii) a h...