Holocene Driftwood Incursion to Southwestern Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Its Significance to Paleoceanography and Archaeology

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Dyke, Arthur S., Savelle, James M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Wollaston; Arctic Archipelago; Victoria Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2000.2141; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921410?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921410?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400026181

Holocene driftwood is found on postglacial raised beaches of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island. The highest driftwood appears on the 12- to 13-m beach, which formed about 4000 yr B.P., and is common on beaches 12–6 m in elevation. The earliest Paleoeskimo dwelling features also occur on the 12- t...