New evidence from the western Canadian Arctic Archipelago for the resubmergence of Bering Strait

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: England, John H., Furze, Mark F.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Laptev Sea; Mercy Bay; Pacific; Arctic Archipelago; Banks Island; Ice Sheet; laptev; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2008.03.001; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589408000409?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589408000409?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400005275

Abstract Widespread molluscan samples were collected from raised marine sediments to date the last retreat of the NW Laurentide Ice Sheet from the western Canadian Arctic Archipelago. At the head of Mercy Bay, northern Banks Island, deglacial mud at the modern coast contains Hiatella arctica and Por...