Maximum Post-Glacial Marine Submergence in Northern Melville Peninsula

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Sim, Victor W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Expeditions; Exploration; Geology; Glaciers; Gravity measurement; Logistics; Magnetic surveys; Measurement; Science; Seismic surveys; Thickness; Topography; Victoria Land; Antarctic regions; Adélie Coast; Rennick Glacier; Oates Coast; Skelton Glacier; Anarctic regions; Antarctic; Foxe Basin; Rennick; Melville Peninsula; Antarc*; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66748

Maps the shore line during the peninsula's maximum submergence, from 1957-1958 field observations north of approx. 68 N. The limit of the post-glacial sea was determined by the highest altitudes at which marine shells and strandlines were found in various localities, and the lowest altitudes of...