Pr. Hill et al., High-resolution seismic stratigraphy of late Quaternary deposits in Manitounouk Sound, northern Quebec: effects of rapid postglacial emergence, CAN J EARTH, 36(4), 1999, pp. 549-563
Manitounouk Sound contains a succession of postglacial deposits consisting
of three acoustic units separated by disconformities. From base to top, the
se are (1) a stratified draped unit interpreted as of glaciolacustrine and
glaciomarine origin, (2) an onlapping basin-fill unit of thick transparent
beds interpreted as gravity-flow deposits, and (3) a divergent fill unit of
stratified and transparent modem marine deposits. The gravity-flow deposit
s of unit 2 pass laterally into slide scars that truncate unit 1. Pollen an
d dinoflagellate analysis of cores correlated with the acoustic sections in
dicate that unit 1 is of early Holocene age and confirms a glaciomarine env
ironment. Unit 3 contains modern assemblages of pollen and dinoflagellates.
The slide scar and gravity-flow deposits of unit 2 correspond to the perio
d of transition from glaciomarine to modern conditions and are interpreted
to result from a period of relatively intense earthquake activity due to st
ress release along faults during or shortly after the deglaciation of Hudso
n Bay.