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Holocene Geomorphic Processes in Eastern Canada

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The paraglacial , periglacial and non-glacial geomorphic processes that characterize eastern Canada since the retreat of the Laurentide and Innuitian Ice Sheets and the resultant landscapes and landforms are reviewed. Ice sheet recession , glaci-isostatic rebound , relative sea level change and glacimarine and glacilacustrine sedimentation are the most distinctive paraglacial processes in the early Holocene Epoch . Hydroclimate , vegetation and wetland evolution, permafrost processes, fluvial erosion and sedimentation, sediment transport, wind action, seismicity, and mass movements are the most distinctive contemporary processes that all show regional variations in type and distribution. Hazards associated with these contemporary processes and the sensitivity of eastern Canada’s coasts to sea level change are also identified.

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Slaymaker, O., Catto, N., Kovanen, D.J. (2020). Holocene Geomorphic Processes in Eastern Canada. In: Slaymaker, O., Catto, N. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Eastern Canada. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35137-3_3

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