Surficial sediments and post-glacial relative sea-level history, Hamilton Sound, Newfoundland

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Shaw, J., Edwardson, K. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 1994
• Subjects: Fogo; Fogo Island; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2123

Hamilton Sound is a shallow, wave-exposed embayment on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Four seismostratigraphic units are recognised: (1) bedrock (acoustic basement); (2) a unit with incoherent reflections, interpreted as Late Wisconsinan glacial diamicton or till, which in places forms small d...