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Author : Blake, W., Jr.and Matthews, J.V., Jr.
Date : 1979.
Title : New data on an interglacial peat deposit near Makinson Inlet, Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin
Publication : Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper
Issue : 79-1A
Page(s) : 157-164



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Abstract

Examinatlon of peat samples collected in 1977 near Makinson Inlet has revealed the presence of fossils of Andromeda polifolia and Menyanthes trifoliata, plants which do not live in the Arctic Islands today. Likewise, fragments of the ground beetle Amara alpina and the ladybird beetle Nephus georgei, neither of which occurs as far north today, are present. The occurrence of these fossils beyond their present limits, coupled with the fact that the uppermost layer of peat in the deposit is >52 000 years old (GSC- 2677), suggests that the peat is an interglacial deposit

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