MAXIMUM POST-GLACIAL MARINE SUBMERGENCE IN NORTHERN MELVILLE PENINSULA*

L ITTLE quantitative work has so far been done to determine the limits of marine submergence in arctic Canada. Until the last decade scat-tered altitudes obtained by early travellers were all that was available for large areas. In 1947, however, Washburn (1947, p. 61 ff.) collected all available inf...

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Main Author: Victor W. Sim
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http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic13-3-178.pdf
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Summary:L ITTLE quantitative work has so far been done to determine the limits of marine submergence in arctic Canada. Until the last decade scat-tered altitudes obtained by early travellers were all that was available for large areas. In 1947, however, Washburn (1947, p. 61 ff.) collected all available information for the western Arctic and by combining it with his