Comparison of Elevations of Archaeological Sites and Calculated Sea Levels in Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Andrews, J.T., McGhee, Robert, McKenzie-Pollock, Lorna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Art; Biographies; History; Inuit; Starvation; Baker Lake region; Nunavut; Garry Lake region; Arctic; Canada; Garry; Arctique*; Baker Lake; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66185

Based on a study of postglacial uplift in the Canadian Arctic, it has been proposed that relative emergence can be estimated if the age and elevation of late-glacial marine limits are known. This suggestion is used to construct 5 maps showing the amounts of relative sea level emergence since 4000, 3...