ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE GENERATION OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES IN ARCTIC FIORDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM PANGNIRTUNG FIORD, EASTERN BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT

• Main Author: Sedore, Philip
• Other Authors: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Master of Applied Science, Dr. Andree Blais-Stevens, Yana Fedorchuk, Dr. Calvin Campbell, Dr. Owen Sherwood, Dr. Vittorio Maselli, Dr. Alexandre Normandeau, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Geological hazards; Fiords; Landforms; Landslides; Arctic; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Pangnirtung; Pangnirtung Fiord; Baffin; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81620

High-latitude fiords are susceptible to hazardous submarine and subaerial mass movements. Landslide ages calculated from radiocarbon dating and 210Pb/137Cs activities indicate that 8 of the 11 dated landslides are younger than 500 years. Landslide-surface roughness was tested as a proxy for age, but...