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GLACIATION FOXE SUPERIEUR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Glaciology
CONT

During the late Foxe Glaciation it is likely that glacier ice contacted the lake, with retreat upvalley recorded by thinly varved silts.

CONT

Late Foxe Glaciation of the Aston Lowland, Baffin Island, Nunavut: support for an Intermediate Ice Extent in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. - ... The extent of glaciers and ice sheets during the last (late Foxe) glaciation of eastern Baffin Island has been debated for over 40 years.

OBS

Late Foxe Glaciation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Il semble que durant la glaciation du Foxe tardif le glacier a touché le lac et par la suite a reculé vers l'amont comme en témoigne la présence des limons à peine varvés.

OBS

Au cours de la dernière glaciation, appelée glaciation de Foxe, une calotte glaciaire non érosive recouvrait le plateau [Hurd].

OBS

Glaciation du Foxe supérieur : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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