Some observations on rock weathering, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Waits, Stephen H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Baffin Island; Cumberland Peninsula; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-086; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-086

A variety of bedrock weathering features—both modern and remnant—including surface grus, polygonal cracks, siliceous glaze, tors, weathering pits, and tafoni typify upland outcrops on the Cumberland Peninsula. Tor ridges are particularly prevalent and at lower elevations they show significant modifi...