Abstracts
Résumé
La cartographie détaillée des moraines majeures et mineures de la région du parc Algonquin, à partir de l’interprétation de photographies aériennes à grande échelle et de levés de terrain, permet de corréler plus de 150 éléments discontinus de marge glaciaire qui peuvent être regroupés en trois alignements morainiques régionaux, nommés Algonquin I, II et III, disposés sur une bande orientée ONO-ESE d’une largeur de 20 km. Ces alignements sont antérieurs à la Moraine de Genesee, au sud-est du lac Nipissing, et aux déversements du Lac glaciaire Algonquin vers la Mer de Champlain, via les exutoires de White Partridge, Fossmill et Sobie-Guilmette. Ils sont corrélés latéralement avec les positions morainiques A, B et BC du lobe de l’Outaouais. L’alignement Algonquin III-Outaouais BC s’étend sur 250 km en Ontario. Il est associé vers l’est à la Moraine de Saint-Narcisse qui peut être suivie sur 750 km au Québec et dont l’âge se situe entre 10 700 et 10 500 BP (12,7-12,4 ka cal.). Vers l’ouest, au nord du lac Huron, il est probablement contemporain de la Moraine du lac Whiskey. Cette hypothèse permettrait de prolonger le tracé du front de l’Inlandsis laurentidien sur 400 kilomètres additionnels, pendant la halte majeure du début du Dryas récent correspondant à la Moraine de Saint-Narcisse au Québec.
Abstract
The systematic mapping of the major and minor moraines in the Algonquin Provincial Park area, by analyses of large scale air photos and field surveys, allows the correlation of more than 150 discontinuous elements of glacial margin which can be grouped into three regional morainic alignments as referred to Algonquin I, II and III, laid down on a 20 km wide strip oriented WNW-ESE. These morainic alignments are older than the Genesee Moraine, located southeast of Lake Nipissing, and also older than the discharges of glacial Lake Algonquin towards the Champlain Sea through the White Partridge, Fossmill and Sobie-Guilmette outlets. Laterally, they are correlated with morainic positions A, B and BC of the Outaouais lobe. The Algonquin III-Outaouais BC morainic alignment, which can be followed for almost 250 km in Ontario, is correlative to the east with the 750 km long Saint-Narcisse Moraine in Québec, dated between 10 700 and 10 500 BP (12.7-12.4 cal ka). To the west, north of Lake Huron, the above alignment is probably contemporaneous with the Whiskey Lake Moraine. This hypothesis allows to approximate the position of the Laurentide Ice Sheet margin for another 400 km in Ontario, during the major stand at the onset of the Younger Dryas in Québec, which corresponds to the Saint-Narcisse Moraine.
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