Glacial geology and Quaternary marine stratigraphy of the Robeson Channel area, northeastern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories

Glacial and marine deposits associated with two phases of glaciation are exposed along a 60 km corridor on Ellesmere Island that borders Robeson Channel. The oldest sediments, tentatively dated at ≥ 70 000 BP, were deposited during a major advance of the northwest Greenland ice sheet across Robeson...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Retelle, Michael J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1986
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e86-101
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e86-101