Ice keel seabed features in marine channels of the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago: evidence for former ice streams and iceberg scouring

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: MacLean, B., Blasco, S., Bennett, R., England, J., Rainey, W., Hughes Clarke, John E., Beaudoin, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Prince of Wales Island; Somerset Island; Melville Sound; Viscount Melville Sound; Peel Sound; Franklin Strait; Larsen Sound; Martin Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic Archipelago; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Victoria Island
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/1323; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.032

The study area lies within the central part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; a region that was covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Late Wisconsinan glaciation and earlier. Multibeam imagery from widely spaced transects indicates the presence of linear groove and ridge features on the s...