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The Grand Banks of Newfoundland primarily consists of thin (<20 m) Holocene surficial sediments overlying well-indurated Cretaceous and Tertiary bedrock. Glaciomarine sediments are generally absent, however, Halibut Channel, on the Central Grand Banks (Fig. 1) provides a unique window of Pleistocene sediments.
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Moran, K., Fader, G.B.J. (1997). Glacial and Glacial and Glaciomarine Sedimentation: Halibut Channel, Grand Banks of Newfoundland. In: Davies, T.A., et al. Glaciated Continental Margins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5820-6_78
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