Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, sedimentology, sediment, paleoclimatology, water discharge, suspended sediment
| Principal Investigator: | Miller, Raoul (1) |
| Licence Number: | 10068 |
| Organization: | Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1990
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1990 |
| Project Team: | Mark Abbott |
Objective(s): To core a number of lakes south of Iqaluit on Laird and Becher Peninsulas; to reconnoitre the upland areas to the east of Iqaluit; to monitor discharge into and out of a number of lakes and measuring suspended sediment inflow and outflow;
Project Description: Mr. Miller and Mark Abbott will take water samples and cores from the sediment at the bottom of several lakes on Laird and Becher Peninsulas, Baffin Island. The purpose of the sample collection is to find out about past climate of the area and also to see what impacts human activity in the Arctic might have on these lakes.
