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Table 5 Glacial history considered for paleoclimatic correction of the Anticosti Island

From: Geothermal resource assessment of remote sedimentary basins with sparse data: lessons learned from Anticosti Island, Canada

Time period (year BP)

Mean surface temperature (°C)

Beginning

End

100

1

4.25

200

100

5

300

200

3

400

300

2

500

400

3.3

1000

500

3.5

2000

1000

6

3000

2000

3.5

4000

3000

4

6000

5000

6.8

7000

6000

7

8000

7000

8

9000

8000

6

10,000

9000

6.2

15,000

10,000

− 3.5

20,000

15,000

− 6.5

30,000

20,000

− 4.7

40,000

30,000

− 4.5

50,000

40,000

− 0.5

  1. Correspond to the scenario a) of a study conducted near Sept-ÃŽles by Mareschal et al. (1999)