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Agassiz Ice Cap

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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).
96: 201: 1545: 1445: 44: 149:, Canada. The Agassiz ice cap is about 21,000 km (8,100 sq mi) in area. It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the 1506: 1238: 1525: 385: 1438: 1499: 1231: 1431: 1205: 378: 1174: 1550: 604: 1492: 1224: 685: 635: 89: 1540: 185: 1535: 1195: 371: 1530: 1078: 1063: 549: 499: 150: 559: 424: 1190: 1098: 554: 1200: 755: 640: 710: 544: 444: 419: 248: 1379: 1314: 1139: 1088: 1048: 1032: 967: 795: 780: 609: 504: 459: 449: 434: 313: 216: 302:"High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution" 1053: 599: 509: 489: 1407: 1364: 1329: 1324: 1309: 1284: 1256: 1017: 982: 977: 962: 937: 730: 524: 281: 202:"Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005" 1369: 1022: 987: 886: 760: 735: 625: 594: 589: 534: 469: 394: 349: 331: 273: 244: 1476: 1415: 1460: 1399: 1374: 1354: 1294: 1279: 1264: 1093: 1027: 1012: 947: 932: 917: 720: 680: 494: 414: 339: 321: 263: 224: 142: 1344: 1334: 1319: 1299: 1144: 1113: 1002: 992: 972: 952: 871: 856: 765: 725: 705: 695: 584: 439: 317: 220: 1339: 1274: 1134: 997: 927: 901: 896: 826: 700: 690: 675: 630: 569: 564: 529: 514: 484: 479: 474: 344: 301: 166: 1519: 1349: 1289: 1103: 1073: 1058: 1007: 942: 891: 881: 851: 841: 811: 790: 665: 429: 285: 249:"Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada" 1359: 1304: 1169: 1083: 1068: 957: 861: 846: 750: 715: 670: 660: 645: 574: 539: 454: 1159: 1149: 876: 836: 831: 821: 775: 740: 655: 650: 579: 464: 1164: 866: 785: 770: 745: 409: 363: 268: 28: 335: 277: 165:
extracted from the Agassiz Ice cap. Many of these studies are focused around
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Several studies have been conducted which involve the analysis of
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Map showing the location of Agassiz Ice Cap
Nunavut
Coordinates
80°15′N 076°00′W / 80.250°N 76.000°W / 80.250; -76.000
ice cap
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Prince of Wales Icefield
ice cores
climate change
Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)


"Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005"
Bibcode
2009JGRF..114.3011W
doi
10.1029/2008JF001173
Goto-Azuma
"Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada"
doi
10.3189/S0022143000003154
ISSN
0022-1430
S2CID
126563293
"High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution"
Bibcode
2017PNAS..114.5952L

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