Table 5 Representative shear-wave velocity of bedrock and surficial sediments (after Nastev et al. 2016; Foulon et al. 2018)

Saguenay region

Sandy soils

80 ~ 260

V_s = 40.9 + 53.7Z^0.5 ± 29.8 m/s

Postglacial deposits

Clayey soils

80 ~ 250

V_s = 79.3 + 17.3Z^0.5 ± 45.3 m/s

Glaciomarine clay

Ottawa and St. Lawrence Valley

Till

400 ± 152

–

Glacial deposits

Bedrock

2500 ± 700

–

Precambrian rocks