Detailed grain size analysis of recent Marine sediments and post-glacial history of Port au Port Bay, west Newfoundland

• Main Author: Shearer, James Moxley
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1970
• Subjects: Lower Post; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/6818/; https://research.library.mun.ca/6818/5/JamesMShearer.pdf

Grain size analysis of about 130 bottom grab samples taken from the recent marine sediments of Port au Port Bay have led to the distinction of three sediment types with different, although characteristic, cumulative grain size distribution curves. The three types encountered are: 1) unimodal sands f...