Late Quaternary sediments and chronology of the northeast Labrador Shelf (Karlsefni Trough, Saglek Bank): Links to glacial history

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1700-1713

  Hall, Frank R ^a   Andrews, John T ^b   Jennings, Anne ^b   Vilks, Gustav ^c   Moran, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACOUSTIC FRAMEWORK; BIOGENIC CARBONATES; DETRITAL CARBONATE; GLACIAL HISTORY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE QUATERNARY; SEISMIC SURVEYS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SHELF;

EID: 0033383282     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1700:LQSACO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Andrews, J. T., and Falconer, G., 1969, Late glacial and postglacial history and emergence of the Ottawa Islands, Hudson Bay, N.W.T.: Evidence on the deglaciation of Hudson Bay: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 6, p. 1263-1276.
2. Andrews, J. T., Jull, A. J. T., Donahue, D. J., Short, S. K., and Osterman, L. E., 1985, Sedimentation rates in Baffin Island fiord cores from comparative radiocarbon dates: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 22, p. 1827-1834.
3. Andrews, J. T., Jennings, A. E., MacLean, B., Mudie, P., Praeg, D., and Vilks, G., 1991, The surficial geology of Canadian eastern Arctic and polar continental shelves: Continental Shelf Research, v. 11, p. 791-819.
4. Andrews, J. T., Tedesco, K., and Jennings, A. E., 1993, Heinrich events: Chronology and processes, east-central Laurentide Ice Sheet and NW Labrador Sea, in Peltier, W. R., ed., Ice in the climate system: Berlin and Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, p. 167-186.
5. Andrews, J. T., Tedesco, K., Briggs, W. M., and Evans, L. W., 1994, Sediments, sedimentation rates, and environments, SE Baffin Shelf and NW Labrador Sea, 8 to 26 ka: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 31, p. 90-103.
6. Andrews, J. T., Bond, G., Jennings, A. E., Kerwin, M., Kirby, M., MacLean, B., Manley, W., and Miller, G. H., 1995a, A Heinrich-like event, H-0 (DC-0): Source(s) for detrital carbonate in the North Atlantic during the Younger Dryas chronozone: Paleoceanography, v. 10, p. 943-952.
7. 14C AMS dates and magnetic susceptibility logs: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 14, p. 983-1004.
8. Bakkejord, K. J., and Longva, O., 1990, Iceberg deformation and erosion in soft sediments, southeast Norway: Marine Geology, v. 92, p. 87-104.
9. 14C gradient during the Younger Dryas climatic event: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 126, p. 275-287.
10. Bell, M., and Laine, E. P., 1985, Erosion of the Laurentide region of North America by glacial and glaciofluvial processes: Quaternary Research, v. 23, p. 154-174.
11. Bloemendal, J., King, J. W., Hall, F. R., and Doh, S.-J., 1991, Rock-magnetism of late Neogene and Pleistocene deep-sea sediments: Relationship to sediment source, diagenetic processes, and sediment lithology: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 4361-4375.
12. Bond, G., Heinrich, H., Broecker, W. S., Labeyrie, L., McManus, J., Andrews, J. T., Huon, S., Jantschik, R., Clasen, S., Simet, C., Tedesco, K., Klas, M., Bonani, G., and Ivy, S., 1992, Evidence for massive discharges of icebergs into the glacial northern Atlantic: Nature, v. 360, p. 245-249.
13. Broecker, W. S., 1992, Defining the boundaries of the late-glacial isotope episodes: Quaternary Research, v. 38, p. 135-138.
14. Broecker, W. S., 1994, Massive iceberg discharges as triggers for global climate change: Nature, v. 372, p. 421-424.
15. Clark, P. U., 1984, Glacial geology of the Kangalaksiorvik-Abloviak region, northern Labrador, Canada [Ph.D. thesis]: Boulder, University of Colorado, 240 p.
16. Clark, P. U., 1988, Glacial geology of the Torngat Mountains, Labrador: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 1184-1198.
17. Clark, P. U., and Fitzhugh, W. W., 1992, Postglacial relative sea level history of the Labrador coast and interpretation of the archaeological record, in Johnson, L. L. P. D., ed., Paleoshorelines and prehistory: An investigation of method: Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, p. 189-213.
18. Clark, P. U., and Josenhans, H. W., 1986, Late Quaternary land-sea correlations, northern Labrador and Labrador Shelf: Geological Survey of Canada Paper 86-1B, p. 171-178.
19. Clark, P. U., and Walder, J. S., 1994, Subglacial drainage, eskers, and deforming beds beneath the Laurentide and Eurasian Ice Sheets: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, p. 304-314.
20. Clark, P. U., Short, S. K., Williams, K. M., and Andrews, J. T., 1989, Late Quaternary chronology and environments of Square Lake, Torngat Mountains, Labrador: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 26, p. 2130-2144.
21. Dyke, A. S., and Prest, V. K., 1987, Late Wisconsinan and Holocene history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 41, p. 237-263.
22. Fairbanks, R. A., 1989, 17,000 year glacio-eustatic sea level record: Influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation: Nature, v. 342, p. 637-642.
23. Fillon, R, H., and Harmes, R. A., 1982, Northern Labrador Shelf glacial chronology and depositional environments: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 19, p. 162-192.
24. 14C date discrepancies: Geological Survey of Canada Paper 81-1B, p. 105-111.
25. Hall, F. R., 1998, What is magnetic susceptibility?: Arctic Workshop, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado Minicourse, 19 p.
26. Hall, F. R., and King, J. W., 1988, Rock-magnetic stratigraphy of Site 645 (Baffin Bay) from ODP Leg 105, in Srivastiva, S. P., Arthur, M. A., Clement, B., et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results: College Station, Texas, Ocean Drilling Program, v. 105, p. 843-859.
27. Hall, F. R., and Reed, S. J., 1996, Rock (mineral)-magnetic properties of post-glacial (16 to 0.5 ka) sediments from the Emerald Basin (Scotian Shelf), Canada, in Andrews, J. T., Austin, W. E. N., Bergsten, H., and Jennings, A. E., eds., Late Quaternary paleoceanography of the North Atlantic margins: Geological Society [London] Special Publication 111, p. 103-115.
28. Heinrich, H., 1988, Origin and consequences of cyclic ice rafting in the northeast Atlantic Ocean during the past 130,000 years: Quaternary Research, v. 29, p. 143-152.
29. Ives, J. D., 1977, Were parts of the north coast of Labrador ice-free at the Wisconsinan glacial maximum?: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 31, p. 401-403.
30. Ives, J. D., 1978, The maximum extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet along the east coast of North America during the last glaciation: Arctic, v. 31, p. 25-53.
31. Jennings, A. E., 1989, Late Quaternary history of Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada [Ph.D. dissert.]: Boulder, University of Colorado, 319 p.
32. Jennings, A. E., 1993, The Quaternary history of Cumberland Sound, southeastern Baffin Island: The marine evidence: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 47, p. 21-42.
33. Josenhans, H., and Fader, G., 1989, A comparison of models of glacial sedimentation along the eastern Canadian margin: Marine Geology, v. 85, p. 273-300.
34. Josenhans, H. W., Zevenhuizen, J., and Klassen, R. A., 1986, The Quaternary geology of the Labrador Shelf: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 23, p. 1190-1214.
35. Josenhans, H., Fedje, D., Conway, K., and Barrie, J., 1995, Post glacial sea levels on the western Canadian continental shelf: Evidence for rapid change, extensive subaerial exposure, and early human habitation: Marine Geology, v. 125, p. 73-94.
36. Josenhans, H., Fedje, D., Pienitz, R., and Southon, J., 1997, Early humans and rapidly changing Holocene sea levels in the Queen Charlotte Islands - Hecate Strait, British Columbia: Science, v. 277, p. 71-74.
37. Kaufman, D. S., Miller, G. H., Stravers, J. A., and Andrews, J. T., 1993a, Abrupt early-Holocene (9.9-9.6 kyr BP) ice stream advance at the mouth of Hudson Strait, Arctic Canada: Geology, v. 21, p. 1063-1066.
38. Kaufman, D. S., Miller, G. H., Stravers, J. A., Manley, W. F., and Duvall, M. L., 1993b, Late glacial ice margins and deglacial chronology for southeastern Baffin Island and Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic: Reply: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 30, p. 1753-1758.
39. Kerwin, M., 1996, A regional stratigraphic isochron (ca, 8000 C-14 years B.P.) from final deglaciation of Hudson Strait: Quaternary Research, v. 46, v. 89-98.
40. King, J. W., and Channel, J. E, T., 1991, Sedimentary magnetism, environmental magnetism, and magnetostratigraphy: Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, p. 358-370.
41. King, L. H., 1994, Proposed Younger Dryas glaciation of the eastern Scotian Shelf: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 31, p. 404-491.
42. King, L. H., and Fader, G. B. J., 1986, Wisconsinan glaciation of the Atlantic continental shelf of southeast Canada: Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 363, 72 p.
43. King, L. H., and Fader, G. B. J., 1988, Wisconsinan ice on the Scotian Shelf: Geological Survey of Canada Open File no. 1972, 13 p.
44. Kirby, M., 1995, Mineralogy and depositional processes associated with Heinrich events in cores from the SE Baffin slope and Labrador Sea floor [M.S. thesis]: Boulder, University of Colorado, 194 p.
45. MacLean, B., editor, 1985, Geology of the Baffin Island shelf: London, Allen and Unwin, 154-177 p.
46. MacLean, B., Vilks, G., and Deonarine, B., 1992, Depositional environments and history of late Quaternary sediments in Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay: Further evidence from seismic and biostratigraphic data: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 46, p. 311-329.
47. Mangerud, J., Anderson, S. T., Berglund, B. E., and Donner, J. J., 1974, Quaternary stratigraphy of Norden, a proposal for terminology and classification: Boreas, v. 3, p. 109-128.
48. Manley, W. F., and Jennings, A. E., 1996, Radiocarbon date list VIII: Boulder, Colorado, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 163 p.
49. Miller, G. H., 1985, Aminostratigraphy of Baffin Island shell-bearing deposits, in Andrews, J. T., ed., Quaternary environments: Eastern Canadian Arctic, Baffin Bay and western Greenland: London, Allen and Unwin, p. 394-427.
50. Miller, G. H., and Brigham-Grette, J., 1989, Amino acid geochronology: Resolution and precision in carbonate fossils: Quaternary International, v. 1, p. 111-128.
51. Osterman, L. E., 1984, Benthic foraminiferal zonation of a glacial/interglacial transition from Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada, in Oertli, H. J., ed., Benthos '83: Paris, Elf-Aquitaine, p. 471-476.
52. Osterman, L. E., and Nelson, A. R., 1989, Latest Quaternary and Holocene paleoceanography of the eastern Baffin Island continental shelf, Canada: Benthic foraminiferal evidence: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 26, p. 2236-2248.
53. Pereira, C. P. G., Woodworth-Lynas, C. M. T., and Barrie, J. V., 1988, Iceberg scour investigations and sedimentology of the southeast Baffin Island continental shelf: Arctic, v. 41, p. 221-230.
54. Piper, D. J. W., Mudie, P. J., Fader, G. B., Josenhans, H. W., MacLean, B., and Vilks, G., 1991, Quaternary geology, in Keen, M. J., and Williams, G. L., eds., Geology of the continental margin of eastern Canada: Geological Society of America, Geology of North America, v. I-1, p. 475-607.
55. Praeg, D. B., MacLean, B., Piper, D. J. W., and Shor, A. N., 1987, Study of iceberg scours across the continental shelf and slope off southeast Baffin Island using the SEA-MARC I midrange sonar: Atlantic Geoscience Centre Current Research Paper 87-1A, p. 847-857.
56. Rahman, A., and de Vernal, A., 1994, Surface oceanographic changes in the eastern Labrador Sea: Nannofossil record of the last 31,000 years: Marine Geology, v. 121, p. 247-263.
57. Stea, R. R, 1998, Wisconsinan glacial and sea-level history of Maritime Canada and adjacent continental shelf: A correlation of land and sea events: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 821-845.
58. Stravers, J. A., Miller, G. H., and Kaufman, D. S., 1992, Late glacial ice margins and deglacial chronology for Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29, p. 1000-1017.
59. Syvitski, J. P. M., 1991, Towards an understanding of sediment deposition on glaciated continental shelves: Sequence stratigraphy: Continental Shelf Research, v. 11, p. 897-937.
60. Syvitski, J., and Andrews, J. T., 1995, Climate change: Numerical modeling of sedimentation and coastal processes, eastern Canadian Arctic: Arctic and Alpine Research, v. 26, p. 199-212.
61. Thompson, R., and Oldfield, F., 1984, Environmental rock magnetism: Boston, Allen and Unwin, 227 p.
62. Veldhuyzen, H., 1981, Sources and transport of late Quaternary sediments, Karlsefni Trough, Labrador Shelf [M.Sc. thesis]: Montreal, McGill University, 247 p.
63. Vilks, G., and Deonarine, B., 1988, Labrador shelf benthic foraminifera and stable oxygen isotopes of Cibicides lobatulus related to the Labrador Current: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 1240-1255.
64. Vilks, G., Hardy, I. A., and Josenhans, H. W., 1984, Late Quaternary stratigraphy of the inner Labrador Shelf: Geological Survey of Canada Paper 84-1A, p. 57-65.
65. Vilks, G., MacLean, B., Deonarine, B., Currie, C. G., and Moran, K., 1989, Late Quaternary paleoceanography and sedimentary environments in Hudson Strait: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 43, p. 161-176.
66. Williams, K. M., Andrews, J. T., Weiner, N., and Mudie, P. J., 1995, The late Quaternary paleoceanography: Kangerdlugssuaq Trough, East Greenland, mid to outer continental shelf: Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 49, no. 1, p. 13-27.