Agassiz Ice Cap
Agassiz Ice Cap
Map showing the location of Agassiz Ice Cap
Map showing the location of Agassiz Ice Cap
Agassiz Ice Cap
TypeIce cap
LocationNunavut, Canada
Coordinates80°15′N 076°00′W / 80.250°N 76.000°W / 80.250; -76.000

The Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier[1] is an ice cap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.[2] The Agassiz ice cap is about 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi) in area.[2] It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the Prince of Wales Icefield to the south.

Environmental studies

Several studies have been conducted which involve the analysis of ice cores extracted from the Agassiz Ice cap.[3] Many of these studies are focused around climate change.[4]

References

  1. ^ Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)
  2. ^ a b Wolken, G.; Sharp, M.; Wang, L. (2009). "Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 114 (F3). Bibcode:2009JGRF..114.3011W. doi:10.1029/2008JF001173.
  3. ^ Goto-Azuma, Kumiko; Koerner, Roy M.; Nakawo, Masayoshi; Kudo, Akira (1997). "Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada" (PDF). Journal of Glaciology. 43 (144): 199–206. doi:10.3189/S0022143000003154. ISSN 0022-1430. S2CID 126563293.
  4. ^ Lecavalier, Benoit S.; Fisher, David A.; Milne, Glenn A.; Vinther, Bo M.; Tarasov, Lev; Huybrechts, Philippe; Lacelle, Denis; Main, Brittany; Zheng, James; Bourgeois, Jocelyne; Dyke, Arthur S. (2017-06-06). "High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (23): 5952–5957. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.5952L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1616287114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5468641. PMID 28512225.


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