The Natashquan river is one of several rivers flowing to the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Labrador-Ungava, which have deposited large quantities of sediment at their mouths since the end of the last glacial period. The Natashquan deposit is composed largely of coarse and medium grained sand. Downwarping of the North Shore, resulting from the weight of ice during the Pleistocene, was followed by emergence during and after the deglaciation. Although isostatic recovery is not yet complete, the depositional sand surface has been lifted above sea-level, and has been subjected to a variety of sub-aerial processes which have produced well-defined physiographic features.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112951 |
| Date | January 1960 |
| Creators | Welsted, John. E. |
| Contributors | Parry, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Geography.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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