Late Quaternary Events on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland with reference to the Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon (France)

• Main Author: Tucker, Christopher M.
• Other Authors: McCann, S.B., Ford, D.C., Middleton, G.V., Geography
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Geography; Barachois; Ice; Newfoundland; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/11445

A revised and extended chronology of late Quaternary events on the southeastern coast of Newfoundland indicates that the oldest deposits are pre-Wisconsinan, that mid-Wisconsinan ice was limited, and that the late-Wisconsinan ice margin was near the mainland of Newfoundland. Evidence is derived from...