Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs
This paper presents a series of 50 geomorphological maps of the seabed of northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs, in eastern Arctic Canada. The mapping was produced using swath bathymetry imagery from multiple bathymetry datasets. A total of 24 types of landform were systematicall...
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ftsmithonian:oai:figshare.com:article/9569684 2023-05-15T14:50:55+02:00 Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs Etienne Brouard (7214678) Patrick Lajeunesse (7214681) 2019-08-13T06:22:16Z https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9569684.v3 unknown https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Submarine_geomorphology_of_the_northeastern_Baffin_Island_fiords_and_cross-shelf_troughs/9569684 doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.9569684.v3 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Ecology Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Geomorphology submarine landforms bathymetry glacial geomorphology Arctic Canada fjords glacial troughs Dataset 2019 ftsmithonian https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9569684.v3 2021-12-20T01:14:36Z This paper presents a series of 50 geomorphological maps of the seabed of northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs, in eastern Arctic Canada. The mapping was produced using swath bathymetry imagery from multiple bathymetry datasets. A total of 24 types of landform were systematically mapped (>55,000 landforms) and reflect processes linked to subglacial, ice-marginal or paraglacial to postglacial environments. The landforms record the transition of the seabed from being covered by a marine-terminating ice sheet to the establishment of postglacial conditions. The landform assemblages allow the distinction of ice-flows orientation and ice-stream pathways along fiords and cross-shelf troughs. The multiple moraines and grounding-zone wedges indicate that the ice margin stabilized during retreat and that the overall deglaciation occurred by steps. These maps provide a framework for future investigations in northeastern Baffin Island fiords and shelf and can also provide a template for future seabed geomorphological studies in Arctic Canada. Dataset Arctic Baffin Island Baffin Ice Sheet Unknown Arctic Baffin Island Canada |
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Ecology Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Geomorphology submarine landforms bathymetry glacial geomorphology Arctic Canada fjords glacial troughs |
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Ecology Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Geomorphology submarine landforms bathymetry glacial geomorphology Arctic Canada fjords glacial troughs Etienne Brouard (7214678) Patrick Lajeunesse (7214681) Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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Ecology Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Geomorphology submarine landforms bathymetry glacial geomorphology Arctic Canada fjords glacial troughs |
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This paper presents a series of 50 geomorphological maps of the seabed of northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs, in eastern Arctic Canada. The mapping was produced using swath bathymetry imagery from multiple bathymetry datasets. A total of 24 types of landform were systematically mapped (>55,000 landforms) and reflect processes linked to subglacial, ice-marginal or paraglacial to postglacial environments. The landforms record the transition of the seabed from being covered by a marine-terminating ice sheet to the establishment of postglacial conditions. The landform assemblages allow the distinction of ice-flows orientation and ice-stream pathways along fiords and cross-shelf troughs. The multiple moraines and grounding-zone wedges indicate that the ice margin stabilized during retreat and that the overall deglaciation occurred by steps. These maps provide a framework for future investigations in northeastern Baffin Island fiords and shelf and can also provide a template for future seabed geomorphological studies in Arctic Canada. |
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Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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Submarine geomorphology of the northeastern Baffin Island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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submarine geomorphology of the northeastern baffin island fiords and cross-shelf troughs |
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