Late Quaternary Land Emergence in Northern Ungava, Quebec

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Matthews, Barry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1967
• Subjects: Human geography; Traditional knowledge; Subsistence; Sugluk Inlet; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66344

Twenty-one C14 dates of material from Late Quaternary marine terraces are used to construct an isostatic uplift curve. The phase of rapid uplift averaged about 26 ft. per 100 years, while for the past 5,200 years uplift was just under 1 ft. per 100 years. Updoming resulted in an upward (southerly) t...