comparison of the late quaternary sedimentary sequence and paleomagnetic record of the north bay outlet and a baffin island fiord
abstract
the lithology of the late quaternary lacustrine
sequences of five lakes in the north bay area differs from
one lake to another. however, chronostratigraphically
equivalent sections of cores taken from the same lake do
show similarities in mean grain size, sand percentage and
organic and carbonate carbons.the lithology of the late
quaternary fiord sedimentary sequence of mcbeth fiord,baffin
island exhibits a slightly higher sand content and lower
organic carbon content than the north bay lacustrine
sediments.
the magnetic mineral grains deposited on the bottom of
lakes and fiords tend to align in the direction of the
earth's magnetic field at the time of deposition creating a
remanent magnetic field in the sediments.the sedimentary
sequences of lakes in the north bay and mcbeth fiord, baffin
island areas provides a record of the direction and
intensity of the earth's magnetic field for these regions
during the late quaternary-the declination and inclination
values of oriented samples taken from soft-sediment cores of
the late quaternary lacustrine sequences of the north bay
area and the fiord sequences of mcbeth fiord can be compiled into paleodeclination and paleoinclination logs.the
oscillations of the relative paleodeclination logs show a
similar character for cores taken from the five lakes and
the fiord as do the paleoinclination logs.marker horizons
picked on the character of either the paleodeclination or
paleoinclination logs provide a method for
chronostratigraphic correlation from one core to another
within the north bay area and also for the mcbeth fiord
area.
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