Origin, age, and paleoenvironmental significance of carbonate precipitates from a granitic environment, Akshayuk Pass, southern Baffin Island, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lacelle, Denis, Lauriol, Bernard, Clark, Ian D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2007
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Canada; Cumberland Peninsula; Penny Ice Cap; Akshayuk Pass; Baffin; glacier*; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e06-088; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e06-088

This study documents the discovery of calcite crusts on the upper surface of clasts within morainic complexes in Akshayuk Pass, southern Cumberland Peninsula (Baffin Island), a region underlain by granitic and gneissic rocks of the Precambrian Canadian Shield. Strontium isotope ratios ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr...