University of Colorado 1976 Field Season in Eastern Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Andrews, J.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1977
• Subjects: Inuit archaeology; Bottom sediments; Research; Geology; Quaternary period; Lakes; Coring; Soils; Microclimatology; Effects of climate on plants; Erosion; Palaeontology; Glacial deposits; Mass balance; Glaciers; Meteorology; Weather stations; Glacial epoch; Glaciation; Palynology; Dyer; Cape; Nunavut; Pangnirtung Fiord region; Kingnait Fiord region; Hall Peninsula; Sunneshine Fiord region; Broughton Island (67 34 N; 63 54 W); Arctic; Baffin Island; Canso; Canso Channel; Cape Dyer; Kingnait Fiord; Kivitoo; Pangnirtung; Pangnirtung Fiord; Sunneshine Fiord; Baffin; eskimo*; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65745

A large programme was carried out during the summer of 1976 by faculty members and graduate students from the University of Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) and Department of Geological Sciences. The research included studies of various aspects of Quaternary geology...