Preglacial and Interglacial Environments of Banks Island: Pollen and Macrofossils from Duck Hawk Bluffs and Related Sites

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Matthews Jr., John V., Mott, Robert J., Vincent, Jean-Serge
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1986
• Subjects: Arctic; Duck Hawk Bluffs; Morgan Bluffs; Sachs Harbour; Worth Point; Banks Island; Tundra
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032649ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032649ar

Sediments ranging in age from Tertiary to Late Quaternary are exposed at Duck Hawk Bluffs near Sachs Harbour on Banks Island (NWT). Fossil pollen and macrofossils of plants and arthropods from various nonglacial sediments at Duck Hawk Bluffs and related sites on Banks and Victoria islands make it po...