Holocene sedimentary environment of Cambridge Fiord, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Gilbert, Robert, Naldrett, Dana L., Horvath, Valeria V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Baffin Island; Cambridge Fiord; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e90-026; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e90-026

The Holocene sedimentary environment of Cambridge Fiord in northeastern Baffin Island is interpreted from six piston cores. Distinct sediment types represent three sedimentary processes. (1) Muds deposited from suspension from fluvial sources at the fiord head and glacial sources near the mouth are...