Late wisconsinan buildup and wastage of the innuitian Ice Sheet across southern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: England, J., Atkinson, N., Dyke, A., Evans, D., Zreda, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Baumann Fiord; Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Greenland; Makinson Inlet; Nunavut; Prince of Wales Icefield; Smith Sound; Baffin; glacier; Ice Sheet; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/11315/

During the Late Wisconsinan, a precursor of the Prince of Wales Icefield, southern Ellesmere Island, formed a prodigious ice divide of the Innuitian Ice Sheet. Initial buildup occurred after 19 ka BP, when the icefield advanced west (inland) across Makinson Inlet from margins similar to present. Sub...