Glacial and Sea Level History of Lowther and Griffith Islands, Northwest Territories: A Hint of Tectonics

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Author: Dyke, Arthur S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Northwest Territories; Parry; Griffith; Ice Sheet; Parry Channel
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032944ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032944ar

Lowther and Griffith islands, in the centre of Parry Channel, were overrun by the Laurentide Ice Sheet early in the last glaciation. Northeastward Laurentide ice flow persisted across at least Lowther Island until early Holocene déglaciation. Well constrained postglacial emergence curves for the isl...