The Quaternary History of Northern Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, N.W.T. Part I: The Late- and Neoglacial Deposits of the Akudlermuit and Boas Glaciers

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Carrara, P., Andrews, J. T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Baffin Island; Cumberland Peninsula; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e72-032; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e72-032

Moraines of local glaciers predating the Neoglacial occur in sections of northern Cumberland Peninsula. A study of these deposits is reported for the area between the heads of Quajon and Narpaing Fiords. A chronology is developed based on lichenometry, percent of lichen cover, and the weathering of...