The limestone areas of the Great Northern Peninsula have been repeatedly submerged below sea level as the Earth's
crust has been forced downward by the tremendous weight of the glacial ice associated with successive glacial
periods, or "ice ages".
Between glacial periods, the limestone areas rebound.
The crustal rebound from the last
(Wisconsinan) glacial advance is still ongoing in western and northern Newfoundland.
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