Late-Wisconsin End Moraines in Northern Canada

A system of end moraines nearly 2240 kilometers long has been identified by field investigation and aerial photography. It extends through northeastern Keewatin, Melville Peninsula, and Baffin Island and marks the border of a late-Wisconsin ice sheet centered over Foxe Basin and Hudson Bay 8000 or 9...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Authors: Falconer, G., Andrews, J. T., Ives, J. D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1965
Subjects:
Hudson Bay
Baffin Island
Canada
Hudson
Foxe Basin
Melville Peninsula
Baffin
Ice Sheet
Keewatin
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3658.608
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.147.3658.608
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Summary:A system of end moraines nearly 2240 kilometers long has been identified by field investigation and aerial photography. It extends through northeastern Keewatin, Melville Peninsula, and Baffin Island and marks the border of a late-Wisconsin ice sheet centered over Foxe Basin and Hudson Bay 8000 or 9000 years ago.

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