Innuitian ice sheet

Innuitian ice sheet
Image of the ice sheets located in the northern hemisphere around 21,000 years before present. The Innuitian ice sheet can be found between the Greenland ice sheet and Laurentide ice sheet.
Type	continental
Location	Queen Elizabeth Islands
Status	gone

The Innuitian ice sheet (IIS) was an ice sheet in North America that existed during the Last Glacial Maximum. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Laurentide ice sheet  – Continental glacier in North America during the last ice age
• Wisconsin glaciation  – Glaciation in North America during the Last Glacial Period
• Innuitian Region  – Physiographic division in northern Canada

References

1. J. England; N. Atkinson; J. Bednarski; A.S. Dyke; D.A. Hodgson; C. Ó Cofaigh (2005). "The Innuitian Ice Sheet: configuration, dynamics and chronology". Quaternary Science Reviews . 25 (7–8): 689–703. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.08.007.
2. A.S. Dyke; J.T. Andrews; P.U. Clark; J.H. England; G.H. Miller; J. Shaw; J.J. Veillette (2001). "The Laurentide and Innuitian ice sheets during the Last Glacial Maximum". Quaternary Science Reviews . 21 (1–3): 9–31. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(01)00095-6.
3. A. M. Tushingham (1991). "On the extent and thickness of the Innuitian Ice Sheet: a postglacial-adjustment approach". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 28 (2): 231–239. doi:10.1139/e91-022.