The glacial geology of northeastern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: England, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Greenland; Archer; Lady Franklin Bay; Archer Fiord; Franklin Bay; glacier*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e78-065; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e78-065

Thirty-five radiocarbon dates associated with former ice sheet margins and raised marine deposits are presented from northeastern Ellesmere Island. Along the southern margin of Hazen Plateau, and in inner Archer Fiord, a prominent morpho-stratigraphic boundary is marked by the Hazen Moraines. These...