Palaeo-ice streams in the north-eastern Laurentide Ice Sheet

• Main Author: De Angelis, Hernán
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) 2007
• Subjects: ice sheet; ice stream; palaeo-ice sheet; palaeo-ice stream; glaciology; palaeoglaciology; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Gulf of Boothia; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Lancaster Sound; M'Clintock; M'Clintock Channel; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7116

This thesis presents a palaeoglaciological study aimed to determine the location, geometry and temporal evolution of palaeo-ice streams of the north-easternmost Laurentide Ice Sheet. The work was accomplished through the geomorphological interpretation of satellite imagery over 3.19 x 106 km2 of the...