DENSITY STRATIFIED LAKES IN NORTHERN ELLESMERE ISLAND

The discovery of density stratification in Lake Tuborg, northern Ellesmere Island (lat. 80 deg 50 min N, long. 70 deg W), alerted us to the possibility that other lakes in the area might show the same phenomenon, provided they were near enough to sea level to allow the trapping of seawater either th...

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Main Authors: Hattersley-Smith,G., Keys,J. E., Serson,H., Mielke,James E.
Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
(*LAKES
ELLESMERE ISLAND)
DENSITY
GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION
GLACIERS
TEMPERATURE
SALINITY
ICE
SOLAR RADIATION
CANADA
MARINE LAYERS
STRATIFICATION
Canada
Ellesmere Island
Greely Fiord
Lake Tuborg
glacier*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0704929
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0704929
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Summary:The discovery of density stratification in Lake Tuborg, northern Ellesmere Island (lat. 80 deg 50 min N, long. 70 deg W), alerted us to the possibility that other lakes in the area might show the same phenomenon, provided they were near enough to sea level to allow the trapping of seawater either through advance of a glacier or through postglacial rise of land. Lake Tuborg is an example of a lake that has been cut off from a fiord (Greely Fiord) by glacier advance; the radiocarbon age of the old seawater near the bottom of the lake indicates that this occurred about 3,000 yr ago. (Author)

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