GLACIAL FEATURES OF TANQUARY FIORD AND ADJOINING AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLESMERE ISLAND, N. W. T.

• Main Author: Hattersley-Smith,G.
• Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*GLACIERS; ELLESMERE ISLAND); ICE; EROSION; RIVERS; TERRAIN; DRAINAGE; THICKNESS; DEPOSITS; ROCK; SILT; MOUNTAINS; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY; BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA; CANADA; MORAINES; PEAT; TANQUARY FIORD(CANADA); Canada; Ellesmere Island; Glacial Lake; Tanquary Fiord; glacier*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0689115; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0689115

The results of the present study support the conclusion that the former ice cover of northern Ellesmere Island was very much more extensive than the present, although the age of maximum glaciation is not known. In the Tanquary Fiord area the conclusion is based on: bathymetric data indicating consid...