Late-glacial flow patterns, deglaciation, and postglacial emergence of south-central Baffin Island and the north-central coast of Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Manley, William F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Baffin Island; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ungava Bay; Foxe Basin; Cockburn; Lake Harbour; Meta Incognita Peninsula; Baffin; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-113; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-113

New georaorphic, sedimentologic, and chronologic data are used to reconstruct late Quaternary ice-sheet flow patterns, deglaciation, and isostatic uplift along the largest marine trough connecting the Laurentide Ice Sheet with the North Atlantic Ocean. The Lake Harbour region was targeted for study...