A 1100 year paleoclimatic record from Burton Bay – Tarr Inlet, Baffin Island

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Short, Susan K., Jacobs, John D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Baffin Island; Frobisher Bay; Burton; Burton Bay; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e82-032; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e82-032

Pollen studies were carried out in the upper Frobisher Bay area, Baffin Island, as part of joint paleoenvironmental–archaeological investigations in the area. Pollen data from southern Baffin Island are rare, and this paper expands this record.A shallow peat section and several recent pollen records are presented. They suggest a contrast between an earlier assemblage, dated 2000–1650 BP, which was characterized by a rich, diverse flora, especially birch shrubs, and a subsequent pollen assemblage dominated by grass pollen and interpreted as representing colder and drier conditions to 900 BP.