Marine Sedimentation in the Pangnirtung Fiord, NWT
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, sedimentology, ice, marine environment
| Principal Investigator: | Glew, John R. (1) |
| Licence Number: | 8088 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1988
1987
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1988 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Smoll; M. Douglas |
Objective(s): To examine marine sedimentation in the Pangnirtung Fiord by surveying, mapping, photographing and sampling; to measure tidal ranges, water current velocities, biological activities, sedimentation rates and the effects of freeze-up and break-up; and to sample marine flora and fauna, sediment, and shorefast and intertidal ice
Project Description: This is the last year that John Glew will be examining the bottom of Pangnirtung Fiord. He has been sampling and taking measurements of the seafloor soil, the animals and plants that dwell on the seafloor, seawater, and the effects that ice have on the intertidal shores.
