Glacial dispersal train of Paleozoic erratics, central Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada

A glacial dispersal train of erratics derived from Paleozoic bedrock has been delineated stretching east-northeast–west-southwest across central Baffin Island. The lithologies of these erratics suggest a derivation from strata of member B of the Ordovician Ship Point Formation to the west, which are...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Tippett, Clinton R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1985
Subjects:
Baffin Island
Canada
Ekalugad Fiord
Foxe Basin
Baffin
Home bay
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e85-193
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e85-193
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Summary:A glacial dispersal train of erratics derived from Paleozoic bedrock has been delineated stretching east-northeast–west-southwest across central Baffin Island. The lithologies of these erratics suggest a derivation from strata of member B of the Ordovician Ship Point Formation to the west, which are presently either submerged or covered by Quaternary sediment in the eastern part of Foxe Basin. These Paleozoic erratics were carried from Foxe Basin onto the Baffin Upland and the western edge of the Davis Highlands. They can be inferred to have reached at least Ekalugad Fiord and the eastern part of Home Bay.

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