Evidence for an extensive ice shelf in northern Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum

A large moraine system extends along the continental slope of Baffin Island, Canada, according to swath bathymetry and acoustic profiler data, which suggests that an ice shelf of 500 m thickness covered Baffin Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierre-Olivier Couette, Patrick Lajeunesse, Jean-François Ghienne, Boris Dorschel, Catalina Gebhardt, Dierk Hebbeln, Etienne Brouard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00559-7