Sedimentology of Arctic Fiords Experiment (SAFE): Project Introduction

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Syvitski, J.P.M., Schafer, C.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Bottom sediments; Fjords; Ocean currents; Quaternary period; Sediment transport; Sedimentation; Sedimentology of Arctic Fiords Experiment; Baffin Island waters; Nunavut; Cambridge Fiord; Itirbilung Fiord; McBeth Fiord; Arctic; Baffin Island; Hudson; Île de Baffin; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65197

The Geological Survey of Canada's project SAFE (Sedimentology of Arctic Fiords Experiment) was initiated in 1981 and is being carried out in a series of fiords situated along the east coast of Baffin Island. SAFE emphasizes the study of the Quaternary history and modern processes of arctic fior...