Holocene History of a Portion of Northernmost Ellesmere Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lyons, John B., Mielke, James E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1973
• Subjects: Long-tailed Jaegers; Ellesmere Island; Tanquary Fiord; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Arctic; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65982

Radiocarbon dates and glaciological features of the Ward Hunt area along northernmost Ellesmere Island suggest the following chronology, which is consistent with worldwide climatic oscillations: 1) 10,000-4100 B.P.: deglaciation, and development of several marine levels, particularly one now 40 m ab...