Sedimentology and Evolution of Subarctic Tidal Flats Along a Rapidly Emerging Coast, Eastern Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Ruz, Marie-Helene, Allard, Michel, Michaud, Yves, Hequette, Arnaud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Coastal Research 2012
• Subjects: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Tidal flats; sedimentology; Hudson Bay; sea ice processes; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Manitounuk Sound; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/80721

Detailed investigations were carried out on the sedimentology and evolution of tidal flats located in Manitounuk Sound, along the eastern Hudson Bay coastline. This area is still emerging today at a rate of 1 cm a-1 in response to postglacial isostatic uplift. Surface sediments on the Manitounuk tid...