Major changes in ice stream dynamics during deglaciation of the north-western margin of the Laurentide ice sheet.

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Stokes, C.R., Clark, C.D., Storrar, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Hudson; Hudson Strait; M'Clintock; M'Clintock Channel; M'Clure Strait; Amundsen Gulf; Arctic Archipelago; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Victoria Island
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/6043/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.019

Victoria Island lies at the north-western limit of the former North American (Laurentide) Ice Sheet in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and displays numerous cross-cutting glacial lineations. Previous work suggests that several ice streams operated in this region during the last (Wisconsinan) glaciat...