Glacial-Marine Sedimentation, Canadian Polar Margin, North of Axel Heiberg Island

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Hein, Frances J., Mudie, Peta J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1991
• Subjects: Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Eureka Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032861ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032861ar

Sediment cores, taken at depths of 140 to 300 m across the northwestern shelf of Axel Heiberg Island (82° N), record the deposition of sediments under perennial sea ice. Five sedimentary fades are recognized: (A) soft pebbly-sandy-mud with dropstone structures; (B) bioturbated silty muds; (C) wispy-...