The Holocene History of Nares Strait: Transition from Glacial Bay to Arctic-Atlantic Throughflow.

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Jennings, Anne, Sheldon, Christina, Cronin, Thomas, Francus, Pierre, Stoner, Joseph, Andrews, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: radiocarbon age calibration; northernmost Baffin Bay; sea ice; innuitian ice; foraminiferal assemblages; benthic foraminifera; fresh water; greenland; ocean; shelf; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Pacific; Nares; Hall Basin; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Foraminifera*; glacier; Labrador Sea; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/9514/; https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/9514/1/P2019.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.52

Retreat of glacier ice from Nares Strait and other straits in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago after the end of the last Ice Age initiated an important connection between the Arctic and the North Atlantic Oceans, allowing development of modern ocean circulation in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea. As...