Retreat of the Smith Sound Ice Stream in the Early Holocene

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Jennings, Anne E., Andrews, John T., Oliver, Brett, Walczak, Maureen, Mix, Alan
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Geology; Archeology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Nares; Smith Sound; Kennedy Channel; Baffin; Foraminifera*; Kennedy channel; Nares strait; Sea ice; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12391; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbor.12391; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12391; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/bor.12391; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/bor.12391

Nares Strait, a major connection between the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay, was blocked by coalescent Innuitian and Greenland ice sheets during the last glaciation. This paper focuses on the events and processes leading to the opening of the strait and the environmental response to establishment of th...