Labrador ice sheet
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| Labrador Ice sheet | |
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| Type | Continental |
| Location | Canadian Shield |
| Lowest elevation | Sea level |
| Terminus | North – Baffin ice sheet West – Keewatin ice sheet East – Atlantic Ocean South – Long Island, New York to the Great Lakes |
| Status | Gone |
The Labrador ice sheet was a major ice sheet that periodically covered large parts of North America during glacial periods over the last ~2.6 million years.
Description
[edit]The Labrador Ice Sheet radiated from two focus points. The primary Quebec Dome, centered over the Ungava Peninsula. A second dome, called the Hudson Bay Dome was to the west on shore of Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fulton, R. J. & Prest, V. K. (1987). Introduction: The Laurentide Ice Sheet and its Significance. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 41 (2), 181–186
Bibliography
[edit]- Fulton, R. J. & Prest, V. K. (1987). Introduction: The Laurentide Ice Sheet and its Significance. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 41 (2), 181–186.
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