The Quaternary History of Banks Island, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Author: Vincent, Jean-Serge
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1982
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Canada; M'Clure Strait; Meek; Meek Point; Melville Sound; Morgan Bluffs; Prince of Wales Strait; Sand Hills; Schuyter Point; Thesiger Bay; Thomsen; Viscount Melville Sound; Amundsen Gulf; Banks Island; glacier*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032478ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032478ar

Banks Island is a polar desert where continental ice sheets, spreading from a dispersal centre to the southeast, reached their maximum extent on at least three occasions. The oldest Banks Glaciation affected all but the northwest. The Pre-Banks Sea preceded glacierization while the Post-Banks Sea fo...