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Author : Derbyshire, E.
Date : 1960.
Title : Glaciation and subsequent climatic changes in Central Quebec-Labrador: a critical review
Publication : Geografiska Annaler
Issue : 42(1):
Page(s) : 49-61.
Abstract
Recent theories on the origin and dissipation of the Laurentide ice sheet suggest the relationship of ice-dispersion centres to precipitation rather than to relief. Assuming the necessary secular drop in temperature, the climatic regime during glaciation is reconstructed in terms of present climatic features. Present climate is the result of two basic factors: geographlc position, and relation of the physlcal character and configuratlon of the land- mass to marine areas. Chief features of oceanic and atmospheric circulation are described; proximity of present climate to glacial conditions (6°-11°F) is estimated. Some late-glacial and postglacial pollen correlations indicate similarity of the climatic history of Quebec- Labrador and the rest of the North Atlantic region. (Arctic Bibliography (Arctic Institute of North America))
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