Flow patterns in the central North American ice sheet

Patterns of glacial dispersal of lithologically distinctive erratics around Hudson Bay show the central portion of the North American Laurentide ice sheet to have been made up of at least two land-based centres, one that grew and dissipated in Keewatin, and one that grew and dissipated in Nouveau Qu...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1980-07, Vol.286 (5770), p.213-218
Main Author: Shilts, W. W
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Patterns of glacial dispersal of lithologically distinctive erratics around Hudson Bay show the central portion of the North American Laurentide ice sheet to have been made up of at least two land-based centres, one that grew and dissipated in Keewatin, and one that grew and dissipated in Nouveau Quebec–Labrador.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/286213a0