Stratigraphy of late Quaternary coastal marine sediments, Horton to Ellice Rivers, NWT

Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Kitikmeot, Nunavut

Tags: physical sciences, glaciology, glacial deposits, deglaciation, marine deposits

Principal Investigator: Kerr, Daniel E. (7)
Licence Number: 8018
Organization: University of Alberta
Licensed Year(s): 1988 1987
Issued: Jan 01, 1988

Objective(s): To collect data for PhD thesis; to investigate the nature of the Late Quaternary stratigraphic record of marine and glaciomarine deposits exposed by rivers along the mainland coast of the NWT; to define ice-front positions during ice retreat; to describe the succession of depositional environments during deglaciation; to evaluate the extent of isostatic uplift.