Barnes Ice Cap
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Barnes Ice Cap is a large ice cap on central Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, notable as a remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and an important site for climate and glaciological research.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barnes Ice Cap canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ice cap ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Arctic amplification
NERFINISHED
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global warming ⓘ |
| climateZone |
high Arctic
ⓘ
polar ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Quaternary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cold-based ice in interior regions
ⓘ
crevassed margins ⓘ marginal melt zones ⓘ moraines ⓘ outlet glaciers ⓘ polythermal structure ⓘ proglacial lakes ⓘ supraglacial streams in melt season ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
important remnant of Pleistocene glaciation
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key indicator of regional climate change ⓘ reference site for Laurentide Ice Sheet studies ⓘ |
| hasType | land-terminating ice cap ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baffin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | central Baffin Island ⓘ |
| partOf | Qikiqtaaluk Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| remnantOf | Laurentide Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
GPS velocity measurements
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Laurentide Ice Sheet decay reconstructions ⓘ climate-change impact assessments ⓘ geophysical surveys ⓘ glacial geomorphology mapping ⓘ ground-penetrating radar surveys ⓘ ice-core chemistry analyses ⓘ ice-flow modeling studies ⓘ isostatic rebound studies ⓘ mass-balance monitoring programs ⓘ regional climate model validation ⓘ remote sensing time-series analyses ⓘ satellite altimetry studies ⓘ snow-accumulation studies ⓘ stable-isotope studies ⓘ surface-elevation change analyses ⓘ |
| trend |
negative mass balance
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shrinking in area ⓘ thinning in thickness ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate research
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glaciological research ⓘ ice-core studies ⓘ mass-balance measurements ⓘ paleoclimate reconstruction ⓘ remote sensing validation ⓘ |
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