The Melville Moraine: sea-level change and response of the western margin of the Foxe Ice Dome, Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Dredge, L. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Baffin Island; Garry; Fury; The Baker; Cockburn; Baffin; Committee Bay; Fury and Hecla Strait; Melville Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e90-129; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e90-129

Marine-limit elevations and radiocarbon dates from Melville Peninsula suggest rapid deglaciation of Committee Bay about 9100 years ago when sea level was 235 m higher than present. During deglaciation, an extensive prominent moraine with both terrestrial and glaciomarine segments developed along the...