Volume 19, Number 1 (1992)
Articles

Application of High-quality Bathymetry to Geological Interpretation on the Scotian Shelf

Bosco D. Loncarevic
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
David J. W. Piper
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Gordon B. J. Fader
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Published 1992-03-03

How to Cite

Loncarevic, B. D., Piper, D. J. W., & Fader, G. B. J. (1992). Application of High-quality Bathymetry to Geological Interpretation on the Scotian Shelf. Geoscience Canada, 19(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3746

Abstract

Techniques are now available to prepare bathymetric maps of the sea floor with detail similar to that of topographic maps on land. Gridded data sets can be displayed as shadowgrams to enhance particular morphologic features. Glacial geomorphological features on the continental shelf off eastern Canada can be interpreted in a manner analogous to glacial features on land. The last major dataset acquired by the CSS BAFFIN from the eastern Scotian Shelf shows a complex topography interpreted as a series of glacial tunnel valleys, which indicate several episodes of sub-glacial meltwater flow and erosion.