Holocene Environmental Change in the Frobisher Bay Area, Baffin Island, N.W.T.: Deglaciation, Emergence, and the Sequence of Vegetation and Climate

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Jacobs, J. D., Mode, W. N., Squires, C. A., Miller, G. H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1985
• Subjects: Amadjuak; Amadjuak Lake; Baffin Island; Frobisher Bay; Baffin
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032599ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032599ar

The late-glacial and Holocene paleoenvironmental sequence for the Frobisher Bay area is outlined using glacial, sea level, and palynological evidence. A rapid retreat of ice from the late Foxe glacial maximum in the lower part of the bay after 11,000 BP was followed by a series of stillstands or min...