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Author : Fulton, R.J.; and Andrews, J.T.
Date : 1987
Title : Inception, growth and decay of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
Publication : Geographie physique et Quaternaire
Issue : 41(2):
Page(s) : 179-180
Abstract
In recognition of the XIIth International Congress of INQUA which will be held in Ottawa, Geographie physique et Quaternaire has devoted this issue to papers that will be presented at the symposium on the Laurentide Ice Sheet. This symposium "Inception, Growth and Decay of the Laurentide Ice Sheet" will take place July 31, 1987. The Laurentide Ice Sheet was the largest of the ephemeral Quaternary ice sheets; its growth and decay caused regressions and transgressions of the oceans and major shifts in climatic patterns. In addition erosional and depositional processes related to glacial activities profoundly altered underlying and adjacent areas. Throughout the northern and eastern half of North America, the Laurentide Ice Sheet was the dominant Quaternary element and Quaternary research in this area deals mainly with its advances and retreats. Description of the Laurentide Ice Sheet deposits and landforms, and speculation on the origin and nature of this ice sheet go back more than a century and a half. Much of the early work consists of descriptive information for local areas and speculations based on comparisons with existing glaciers. In the last 30 years several attempts have been made to pull the descriptive data together into a regional picture and various models, based on current understandings of climatic and glaciologic parameters, have been constructed to explain the inception, growth and decay of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The objective of this special issue is to provide a status report on our current understanding of this important element of Quaternary history. ... (Author) | Issue of journal devoted to papers that will be presented at Symposium on Inception, Growth and Decay of the Laurentide Ice Sheet on 31 July 1987 at 12th International Congress of INQUA in Ottawa
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