Rapid Communication Support for the Innuitian Ice Sheet in the Canadian High Arctic during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Main Author: John England
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; glaciation; Innuitian Ice Sheet; Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Greenland; Nares; glacier; glacier*; Ice Sheet; Nares strait
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.507.4915; http://www.glyfac.buffalo.edu/Faculty/briner/unis/England_JQS98.pdf

ABSTRACT: The extent of glacier ice in the Canadian High Arctic during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has been debated for decades. One school proposed a regional Innuitian Ice Sheet whereas another proposed a smaller, non-contiguous Franklin Ice Complex. Research throughout western Nares Strait sup...