Postglacial emergence of Amund and Ellef Ringnes islands, Nunavut: implications for the northwest sector of the Innuitian Ice Sheet

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Atkinson, Nigel, England, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Amund Ringnes Island; Arctic Ocean; Axel Heiberg Island; Ellef Ringnes Island; Ice Sheet; Norwegian Bay; Nunavut; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e03-095; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e03-095

This paper presents relative sea-level curves from Amund and Ellef Ringnes islands, northwest Queen Elizabeth Islands. These curves are of exponential form and record continuous, ongoing Holocene emergence, although northwest Ellef Ringnes Island is experiencing a late Holocene transgression. Isobas...