The observed postglacial recovery of Québec and Nouveau-Québec Since 12,000 BP

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Andrews, J. T., Tyler, K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal 1977
• Subjects: Hudson Bay; Hudson; Ungava Bay; Southampton Island; Ice Sheet; James Bay
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1000286ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1000286ar

Radiocarbon dated relative sea levels, the tilts of proglacial lake shorelines and raised marine shorelines, the directions of the tilt of these features, and postglacial delevelling are used to construct six isobase maps showing relative sea level movements over the last 12,000, 10,000, 8000, 4000, and 2000 years, No map has more than 30 control points and usually there are only 12 "good" points controlling the isobase patterns. Each map shows the relationship of the isobases to the current ice sheet extent. Along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, the maximum postglacial emergence has been quite uniform with the 240 to 200 m isobase always close to the ice margin. Along the northeastern margin of the ice sheet, the postglacial emergence at the retreating ice edge was closer to 100 m. Equidistant diagrams are drawn along planes southeast from southern Hudson Bay and eastward from Southampton Island. If these diagrams are compared on a Shoreline Relation Diagram, the two profiles appear similar and compare moderately well with a theoretical SR Diagram published in 1969. The isobases show a major uplift center located around the area of James Bay and southern Hudson Bay where a maximum emergence of nearly 300 m occured in the last 7500 years. High marine limits southwest of Ungava Bay need to be dated because if they date close to 8000 BP as we suggest, then more emergence is suggested for the region southwest of Ungava Bay than we currently allow for. Pour dresser six cartes isobases du niveau marin relatif vers 12 000, 10 000, 8 000, 6000 4000 et 2000 BP, nous nous sommes servis de niveaux marins relatifs datés au 14C, de la valeur du relèvement de littoraux marins soulevés et de lignes de rivages d’anciens lacs proglaciaires, du sens de l’inflexion de ces littoraux ainsi que des courbes de dénivellation post-glaciaire. Aucune carte ne contient plus de 30 points de contrôle et la configuration des isobases ne repose bien souvent que sur 12 points valides. Le long de la limite méridionale de ...