Agassiz Ice Cap
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Short description: Ice cap in Nunavut, Canada
| Agassiz Ice Cap | |
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 Agassiz Ice Cap | |
  Agassiz Ice Cap | |
| Type | Ice cap |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 80°15′N 076°00′W / 80.25°N 76°W |
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
- ↑ Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wolken, G.; Sharp, M.; Wang, L. (2009). "Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005". Journal of Geophysical Research 114 (F3). doi:10.1029/2008JF001173. Bibcode: 2009JGRF..114.3011W. http://arctic.eas.ualberta.ca/downloads/Wolken%20et%20al_2009_Snow%20and%20ice%20facies%20variability%20and%20ice%20layer%20formation%20in%20the%20QEI%201999-2005.pdf.
- ↑ Goto-Azuma, Kumiko; Koerner, Roy M.; Nakawo, Masayoshi; Kudo, Akira (1997). "Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada" (in en). Journal of Glaciology 43 (144): 199–206. doi:10.3189/S0022143000003154. ISSN 0022-1430. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/snow-chemistry-of-agassiz-ice-cap-ellesmere-island-northwest-territories-canada/AB5C1AD850ABFD99DEE04416FC80B55F.
- ↑ Lecavalier, Benoit S.; Fisher, David A.; Milne, Glenn A.; Vinther, Bo M.; Tarasov, Lev; Huybrechts, Philippe; Lacelle, Denis; Main, Brittany et al. (2017-06-06). "High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (23): 5952–5957. doi:10.1073/pnas.1616287114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 28512225. Bibcode: 2017PNAS..114.5952L.
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