title: Early deglaciation of the labrador shelf.
abstract: Two marine sediment cores from a basin on the southeastern Labrador Shelf penetrate a mud sequence extending back to 21,000 carbon-14 years before the present (B.P.). The benthic foraminifera are dominated by subartic nearshore species indicative of ice-free summer waters. The pollen record indicates the presence of a sedge-shrub tundra in eastern Labrador as early as 21,000 years B.P. Both sources of evidence suggest less extensive continental ice than has previously been reported for this subarctic region.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vilks
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mudie