Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, sedimentology, paleoenvironment, environmental change, glaciers, deglaciation
| Principal Investigator: | Kaufman, Darrell (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12114 |
| Organization: | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | W. Manley; B. Menounos; M. Duvall; P. Sauer; G. Miller; T. Stafford; K. Hughen; two assistants |
Objective(s): To study the direction and timing of glacier-ice movement from Labrador across Hudson Strait and onto southeast Baffin Island and the nature of deglaciation of ice centered over Meta Incognita Peninsula; to study the direction and timing of glacier-movement from two sources: one from Labrador that flowed across Hudson Strait and onto southeast Baffin Island and the other from Foxe Basin that flowed southeastward into Frobisher Bay; to study limnologic, sedimentologic and bathymetric characteristics of selected lakes from which sediment cores have been and will be extracted;
Project Description: Three field parties will continue investigations related to past glacial activity in the eastern arctic during the last deglaciation (12,000 - 8,000 years ago). They will also research the geologic record of environmental changes preserved in lake sediments.
