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Author : Cowell, D.W.; Martini, I.P.; and Wickware, G.M.
Date : 1980
Title : Geomorphology of southwestern James Bay, a Low Energy, Emergent Coast
Publication : The Coastline of Canada, Littoral Processes and Shore Morphology - Proceedings of a Conference Held in Halifax, May 1-3, 1978; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper
Issue : 80-10:
Page(s) : 293-301
Abstract
The southwestern coastline of Hudson and James bays in Ontario and Manitoba is the longest low gradient, emergent shoreline in the world. ... The Ontario coast consists of three main morphologies: coasts dominated by abundant parallel beach ridges and spits; coasts dominated by estuarine systems; and coasts with promontories and transverse ridges. All three types of coastline are represented in the southern part of James Bay. ... A marked counter-clockwise marine current in the southern part of James Bay redistributes the fluviatile materials to the southeast of estuaries, onto extensive, featureless, low lying tidal flats. With emergence, incorporation of these features into the peatland complex is manifested through a progressive paludification of the landscape, and in older parts of the lowland, only high ridges and promontories (higher than 1 m) with well developed coniferous forests, remain as recognizable coastal landforms.
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