Holocene delevelling of Devon Island, Arctic Canada: implications for ice sheet geometry and crustal response
The raised beaches and deltas of Devon Island contain an abundance of dateable materials. A large set of radiocarbon dates (228), 154 of which are new, are used to construct relative sea level curves and isobase maps for the island. The best materials for this purpose are driftwood logs (61 dates) a...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1998
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e98-034 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e98-034 |