Belcher Mountains
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The Belcher Mountains are a former mountain range that stood in the Hudson Bay region of Canada in the late Precambrian. The mountains have since been uplifted and folded erosion has beveled them into a nearly flat plain.
Description
Exposed plunging folded sedimentary and volcanic strata in Canada's Hudson Bay region outline the former position of the Belcher Mountains that stood in the late Precambrian. The folds trend northward. In the millions of years since, the mountains were uplifted and folded erosion has beveled them into a nearly flat plain. The lines running across the units are fractures and faults caused by the deformation of the units.
References
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles lacking sources from December 2009
- All articles lacking sources
- Nunavut articles missing geocoordinate data
- All articles needing coordinates
- Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata
- Mountain ranges of Quebec
- Mountain ranges of Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Landforms of Nord-du-Québec
- All stub articles
- Quebec geography stubs
- Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut geography stubs