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Record 1 2010-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
CONT

If the Innuitian Ice Sheet hypothesis is accepted, then the western Queen Elizabeth Islands must have been deglaciated between 11.5 and 10 ka with the eastward receding, partly marine ice front reaching fiord heads of central Ellesmere Island by 7 ka.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Un fjord comporte en général une succession de bassins élargis et surcreusés. [...] C'est aux extrémités amont de ces bassins, là où le glacier peut s'étaler tout en s'amincissant, qu'un front stable peut s'établir.

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