Subarctic tidal flats in areas of large tidal range, southern Baffin Island, eastern Canada

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: McCann, S. B., Dale, J. E., Hale, P. B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal 1981
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Canada; Frobisher Bay; Ungava Bay; Cumberland Sound; Pangnirtung; Pangnirtung Fiord; Koojesse Inlet; Baffin; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1000436ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1000436ar

Wide, boulder-strewn intertidal flats occur around the head of Frobisher Bay and along parts of the shoreline of Cumberland Sound, in southeast Baffin Island. The coastal environment is characterized by large tidal ranges, severe winter sea ice conditions, and a relative sea level history which invo...