Marine and continental records indicate that the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) was highly dynamic throughout the last glacial cycle, with significant reorganizations of its ice divide system. The extensive depositional record of the Hudson Bay lowlands (HBL) is particularly important for the study of ice sheet dynamics because this region was once located near two important ice domes of the LIS. However, important stratigraphic issues remain in the HBL, notably regarding the chronology of nonglacial units and the direction and extent of the ice-flow events recognized. Here we focus on the northeastern sector of the LIS by documenting the provenance of tills and dating nonglacial deposits in sedimentary sequences east of James Bay. Our investigations indicate that the regional stratigraphy comprises at least five distinct tills and an important unit of glaciolacustrine rhythmites. This glacial sequence lies on massive lacustrine clay and fluvial sand containing abundant organic debris and wood fragments. The clast lithology and matrix geochemistry of tills show significant variations that are consistent with the ice-flow movements deduced from clast fabric measurements. Taken together, the till compositional and fabric data suggest an early westward ice flow, followed by a counterclockwise shift to a west-southwest, southwest, and then south-southeast ice flows. Luminescence dating of waterlaid sediments outlines a complex and fragmentary stratigraphic record, which comprises two distinct nonglacial units belonging to the last and penultimate interglaciations. These results and stratigraphic considerations indicate that the documented ice-flow rearrangements likely occurred during the last glacial cycle.Résumé : Les données géologiques marines et continentales indiquent que l'inlandsis Laurentidien était très dynamique durant le dernier cycle glaciaire et qu'il a été marqué par d'importantes modifications de la géométrie de ses lignes de partage des glaces. Les nombreux enregistrements sédimentaires des basses terres de la baie d'Hudson sont particulièrement importants pour l'étude de la dynamique des inlandsis puisque cette région a déjà été située à proximité de deux grands dômes de glace de l'inlandsis. Toutefois, il reste des questions stratigraphiques significatives dans les basses terres de la baie d'Hudson, notamment en ce qui concerne la chronologie des unités non glaciaires ainsi que la direction et l'étendue des écoulements glaciaires reconnus. Nous ciblons ici le secteur nord-est de l'inlandsis Laurentidien en documentant la provenance des tills et en datant les dépôts non glaciaires dans les séquences sédimentaires à l'est de la baie James. Nos recherches indiquent que la stratigraphie régionale comporte au moins cinq tills distincts et une unité importante de rythmites glacio-lacustres. Cette séquence glaciaire repose sur une argile lacustre massive et du sable fluviatile contenant d'abondants débris organiques et fragments de bois. La lithologie des clastes et la géochimie de la matrice des tills montre...
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