| Title | Mega-scale glacial lineations, Peel Sound, Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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| Author | MacLean, B; Blasco, S; Bennett, R; Hughes Clarke, J; Patton, E |
| Source | Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient; by Dowdeswell, J A (ed.); Canals, M (ed.); Jakobsson, M (ed.); Todd, B J (ed.); Dowdeswell, E K (ed.); Hogan, K A (ed.) ; Geological Society of London;
Geological Society Memoir no. 46, 2016 p. 47-48, https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.89 |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20150069 |
| Publisher | Geological Society of London |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northern offshore region |
| NTS | 67H/09; 67H/16; 57G/12; 57G/13 |
| Area | Peel Sound; Franklin Strait |
| Lat/Long WENS | -96.3333 -95.9167 71.8000 71.7167 |
| Subjects | seabottom topography; seafloor topography; submarine ridges; submarine features; ice movement; ice scours; ice movement directions; ice flow; bathymetry |
| Illustrations | location maps; bathymetric profiles |
| Program | Public Safety
Geoscience Marine Geohazards |
| Released | 2016 11 30 |
| Abstract | The presence of streamlined glacial landforms in the submarine geological record from high-latitude fjords and channels provides evidence with which to identify the manner and direction of glacier flow
and to infer subglacial processes. Numerous linear and curvilinear
elongate features extending up to 15 km in length have been recognized in Peel Sound, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. These well-preserved sedimentary landforms reflect the former
presence of a fast-flowing ice stream that flowed through Franklin Strait and
Peel Sound. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This document displays multibeam sonar imagery Peel Sound near the junction with Franklin Strait where parallel ridges and grooves form prominent seabed
features. These linear features are up to 15 kilometres long, <1m to 27m high, and were formed by glacial processes likely during the last glaciation. The high seabed slope angles associated with these features could pose a hazard to any future
marine infrastructure in the area. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296517 |
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