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A Study of Late-Quaternary Plant-Bearing Beds in North-Central Baffin Island, Canada
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Terasmae, J. Webber, P. J. Andrews, John T. S. |
| Copyright Year | 1966 |
| Abstract | Plant-bearing beds, exposed by downcutting of the Isortoq River at the northern end of the Barnes Icecap, have been folded, apparently by east-west moving overriding ice, truncated and overlain by horizontal alluvial sediments. Radiocarbon dates for plant material from the Isortoq River (folded unit), Flitaway Lake, and Lewis Glacier localities are >30,000 to >40,000 yr BP, from the horizontal beds, 14,000 ± 400 yr BP. The vegetation was probably similar to that of southern Baffin Island today; the Isortoq beds are assigned to the Sangamon interglacial. Pollen diagrams and description of the present vegetation and climate are included. |
| Starting Page | 296 |
| Ending Page | 318 |
| Page Count | 23 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic3437 |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/download/3437/3412 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3437 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |