scholarly journals A 35mm microfilm compilation of collected analog geophysical data for AGC/CHS Cruise No. 82034, Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Cumberland Sound and Hudson Bay

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
A G Sherin ◽  
I A Hardy ◽  
S Merchant ◽  
D E Beaver ◽  
D Holt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Davis Strait ◽  
Cumberland Sound

Abundance and Distribution of Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Northern Hudson Bay

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre R. Richard
Keyword(s):  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Monodon Monoceros ◽  
Aerial Surveys ◽  
Davis Strait ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Reconnaissance Surveys

Aerial surveys for narwhals (Monodon monoceros) were conducted in August 1981, in July 1982, 1983, and 1984, and in March 1983 in the Repulse Bay area between Roes Welcome Sound and Lyon Inlet, north of Southampton Island. About 1300 narwhals were estimated to occupy waters between northern Roes Welcome Sound and Lyon Inlet in July 1982, 1983, and 1984. Narwhals were found throughout the study area but were more concentrated in three areas: northern Roes Welcome Sound, southern Frozen Strait, and, in 1984, Lyon Inlet. Only four narwhals were observed during August 1981 reconnaissance surveys of these areas. No narwhals were seen during the March 1983 survey of Roes Welcome Sound and leads of Frozen Strait. A winter concentration of narwhals observed by others in eastern Hudson Strait was of similar size to that which we observed in July, suggesting that they could be the same stock. If this is so, the northern Hudson Bay narwhals could be distinct from the stock that inhabits Davis Strait and Baffin Bay.

Trends and variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, 1953–2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry L. Stern ◽  
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Davis Strait

scholarly journals Full-fit reconstruction of the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 917-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hosseinpour ◽  
R. D. Müller ◽  
S. E. Williams ◽  
J. M. Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Continental Crust ◽  
Seafloor Spreading ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Gravity Inversion ◽  
Seismic Profiles ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Davis Strait ◽  
Break Up ◽  
Magnetic Lineations

Abstract. Reconstructing the opening of the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay between Greenland and North America remains controversial. Recent seismic data suggest that magnetic lineations along the margins of the Labrador Sea, originally interpreted as seafloor spreading anomalies, may lie within the crust of the continent–ocean transition. These data also suggest a more seaward extent of continental crust within the Greenland margin near the Davis Strait than assumed in previous full-fit reconstructions. Our study focuses on reconstructing the full-fit configuration of Greenland and North America using an approach that considers continental deformation in a quantitative manner. We use gravity inversion to map crustal thickness across the conjugate margins, and assimilate observations from available seismic profiles and potential field data to constrain the likely extent of different crustal types. We derive end-member continental margin restorations following alternative interpretations of published seismic profiles. The boundaries between continental and oceanic crust (COB) are restored to their pre-stretching locations along small circle motion paths across the region of Cretaceous extension. Restored COBs are fitted quantitatively to compute alternative total-fit reconstructions. A preferred full-fit model is chosen based on the strongest compatibility with geological and geophysical data. Our preferred model suggests that (i) the COB lies oceanward of magnetic lineations interpreted as magnetic anomaly 31 (70 Ma) in the Labrador Sea, (ii) all previously identified magnetic lineations landward of anomaly 27 reflect intrusions into continental crust, and (iii) the Ungava fault zone in Davis Strait acted as a leaky transform fault during rifting. This robust plate reconstruction reduces gaps and overlaps in the Davis Strait and suggests that there is no need for alternative models proposed for reconstructions of this area including additional plate boundaries in North America or Greenland. Our favored model implies that break up and formation of continent–ocean transition (COT) first started in the southern Labrador Sea and Davis Strait around 88 Ma and then propagated north and southwards up to onset of real seafloor spreading at 63 Ma in the Labrador Sea. In the Baffin Bay, continental stretching lasted longer and actual break up and seafloor spreading started around 61 Ma (Chron 26).

Trends and variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, 1953?2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry L. Stern ◽  
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Davis Strait

Tertiary basalts of western Davis Strait: bedrock core samples and geophysical data

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 773-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. MacLean ◽  
R. K. H. Falconer ◽  
D. B. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Anomaly ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Baffin Island ◽  
Main Area ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Core Samples ◽  
Davis Strait ◽  
Island Shelf

Short bedrock cores of basalt were recovered at two localities on the Baffin Island shelf, 33 and 89 km southeast of Cape Dyer. The volcanic rocks underlying these sites have a surface extent of some 8000 km2 as outlined by seismic reflection and magnetic anomaly profiles. Similar rocks are inferred to occur at two smaller offshore areas south of the main area. The offshore occurrences are both more continuous and much larger than the onshore basalt areas of eastern Baffin Island.The core samples appear to have been cut from single flows consisting of fine-grained microporphyritic basalts with olivine as the principal phenocryst phase. Although having distinct differences from one another in terms of texture and degree of alteration, the samples from the three drill stations bear similarities to the Baffin Island basalts that suggest a close petrogenetic relationship may exist between the onshore and offshore basalts. However, in contrast to the subaqueously erupted volcanic breccias of onshore Baffin Island and West Greenland the offshore samples contain little evidence of glass, suggesting the possibility that the latter may have been erupted in a subaerial environment.

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