Morphodynamics of Cold High Latitude Semiarid Regions: The Example of Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: St-Onge, Denis A., Gullentops, Frans
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2005
• Subjects: geo; hist; Ellef Ringnes Island; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7202/014749ar; http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/014749ar

In this paper we use the example of Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut, to examine active geomorphic processes in a high latitude semiarid region. The spectacular landscape of Ellef Ringnes Island is principally the result of fluvial erosion controlled by geological structure. The nival regime concentrat...