A Canadian Arctic Fjord with Some Comparisons to Fjords of the Western Americas
Aspects of oceanography of d’Iberville Fiord (80°30′N, 80°00′W) are compared to oceanography of west Coast fjords of North and South America. Because of high latitude, hence, cold temperature, d’Iberville Fiord is covered by sea ice for at least 11 mo of each year. An estuarine circulation flows und...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f76-274 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f76-274 |
| Summary: | Aspects of oceanography of d’Iberville Fiord (80°30′N, 80°00′W) are compared to oceanography of west Coast fjords of North and South America. Because of high latitude, hence, cold temperature, d’Iberville Fiord is covered by sea ice for at least 11 mo of each year. An estuarine circulation flows under sea ice except for those Augusts in which sea ice clears. The sea-ice cover and the small tides typical of the northwest Canadian arctic archipelago mean energy inputs to fjord waters are small and currents light. However, water structure in many respects is not dissimilar to that in fjords elsewhere. Effects of a large active glacier debouching into headwaters of d’Iberville Fiord are noted. |
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