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Author : Dalrymple, RW; LeGresley, EM; Fader, GBJ; Petrie, BD
Date : 1992
Title : The western Grand Banks of Newfoundland: Transgressive Holocene sedimentation under the combined influence of waves and currents.
Publication : Marine Geology
Issue : 105(1-4):
Page(s) : 95-118
Abstract
The surface sediments on the western Grand Banks of Newfoundland have been reworked from older deposits (primarily Late Wisconsinan glacial and glaciomarine sediments) during the post-glacial sea-level fall and Holocene rise. Winnowed medium to coarse sands and lag gravels that are generally < 0.5 m characterize the areas above the lowstand elevation at -110 to -120 m. The Holocene sediments which have accumulated in the deeper interbank channels, isolated basins and on the upper continental slope are thicker and consist of the fine sands and muds that were removed from the banks. The deposits below the lowstand elevation coarsen upward because little deposition occurred during the sea-level rise. In general, the Holocene succession becomes thicker and finer grained to the south.
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