Postglacial Isostatic Movement in Northeastern Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Muller, F., Barr, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1966
• Subjects: Deglaciation; Glaciation; Sea level; Sparbo; Cape; region; Nunavut; Skogn; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cape Sparbo; Devon Island; archipel arctique; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66483

The limit of marine submergence of the last glaciation in the Cape Sparbo region varied in elevation from 65 m at Base Camp lowland, 73 m in Sparbo-Hardy lowland, to 82 m in the Skogn area; these variations are in part due to differences in time of deglaciation. Radiocarbon dates of marine shells in...