Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 



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material was chiefly derived from the local formations. 

 Far-travelled erratics are relatively rare. Beneath the 

 drift one sees, at many sections, Aveathered rock grading 

 upward into the drift, with generally no semblance of a 

 moutonneed surface, though the fresh rocks are strong 



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Fig. 1. — Illustrating post-Glacial warping of Newfoundland. Localities 

 shown by dots and numbers; figures in brackets represent uplift in feet; 

 broken lines near localities 2 and 7 represent approximate position of the 

 zero isobase; glacial striae shown by arrows. 



and well adapted for striation and .polishing. If the 

 eastern coastal belt was covered by continuous ice of the 

 Wisconsin stage, the thickness of the cap was probably 

 less than the contemporaneous ice on Quebec or New 



