Paleogeography and paleoenvironments of southwestern Baffin Island (Nunavut, Canada): post-glacial isostatic uplift and isolation of Nettilling Lake from marine influence

• Main Authors: Narancic, Biljana, Pienitz, Reinhard, Francus, Pierre, Chapligin, Bernhard, Meyer, Hanno
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arctic Archipelago; Baffin Island; Baffin; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; Ice Sheet; Nettilling Lake; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/36222/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/36222/1/Narancic-EGU2014-Poster.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44087; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44087.d001

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