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Author : Bell, T.; Liverman, D.G.E.; Batterson, M.J.; Catto, N.; Marich, A.; McCuaig, S.; Putt, M.; Shaw, J.;and Taylor, D.
Date : 2005.
Title : Deglacial ice dynamics in Newfoundland.
Publication : Water, Ice, Land, And Life: The Quaternary Interface. Canadian Quaternary Association 2005 Conference June 5-8, 2005, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Issue : Abstract Volume:
Page(s) : A4.
Abstract
A review of Newfoundland Geological Survey and Geological Survey of Canada mapping and the academic literature is employed to produce a 'Glacial Map', and accompanying geographic information system database of features related to the last (Wisconsinan) Newfoundland Ice Cap. Information that constrains deglacial ice flow and ice marginal history is emphasized. The following features are included: meltwater channels, eskers, moraines, drumlins, flutings, crag and tails, roche moutonnées, ice-dammed lakes, and glaciomarine deltas. The glacial landform database is spatially integrated with a striation database, a revised surficial geology database, and a radiocarbon database to produce a synthesis of the last deglaciation in Newfoundland. This work builds on previous maps and reviews dating back to 1883, including contributions by Vic Prest and major mapping and synthesis by Doug Grant. Our presentation will describe the first results of this ongoing initiative.
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