A note on the glacial geology and postglacial emergence of the Lake Harbour region, Baffin Island, N.W.T.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Clark, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1985
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Antarctic; Baffin Island; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Foxe Basin; Lake Harbour; Amadjuak; Amadjuak Lake; Antarc*; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e85-197; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e85-197

Ice-flow indicators in the Lake Harbour region of northern Hudson Strait define two flow directions affecting this area during the late Wisconsinan glaciation. A pronounced southward flow direction indicated by medium- and large-scale erosional and depositional features represents ice flow from an i...