Pre-glacial and post-glacial sinkholes in Silurian carbonate rocks in the James Bay lowland, Canada

• Main Authors: Zhou, Wanfang, Lei, Mingtang, LaMoreaux, James W, Green, Daniel S
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2020
• Subjects: Attawapiskat; Attawapiskat River; Canada; Tyrrell; James Bay
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sinkhole_2020/ProceedingswithProgram/Geomorphology_Formation_of_karst_and_sinkholes/3; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=sinkhole_2020

Sinkholes developed in the Paleozoic carbonate rocks within the James Bay lowland of Canada consist of pre-glacial sinkholes and post-glacial sinkholes. Most of the pre-glacial sinkholes were identified in the Upper Silurian Attawapiskat limestone at the Process Plant site after the thin peat and un...