Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum

A large moraine system extends along the continental slope of Baffin Island, Canada, according to swath bathymetry and acoustic profiler data, which suggests that an ice shelf of 500 m thickness covered Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum.

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Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Pierre-Olivier Couette, Patrick Lajeunesse, Jean-François Ghienne, Boris Dorschel, Catalina Gebhardt, Dierk Hebbeln, Etienne Brouard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Canada
Baffin
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00559-7
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Environmental sciences
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Patrick Lajeunesse
Jean-François Ghienne
Boris Dorschel
Catalina Gebhardt
Dierk Hebbeln
Etienne Brouard
Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum
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description A large moraine system extends along the continental slope of Baffin Island, Canada, according to swath bathymetry and acoustic profiler data, which suggests that an ice shelf of 500 m thickness covered Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum.
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author Pierre-Olivier Couette
Patrick Lajeunesse
Jean-François Ghienne
Boris Dorschel
Catalina Gebhardt
Dierk Hebbeln
Etienne Brouard
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title_short Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum
title_full Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum
title_fullStr Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum
title_full_unstemmed Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum
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