Information for Cape Hurd Lake

Latitude:

74.5

Longitude:

-89.5

Location:

Canada: Nunavut

More Information on Cape Hurd Lake

Contact Name:

M Retelle

Proxy Information

Proxy:

Laminae

Proprietary Data Area

Lake Description:

Cape Hurd Lake, Devon Is, and Depot Point Lake, Cornwallis Is. Cape Hurd Lake is an isolated marine inlet at sea level with anoxic bottom water and a plateau ice cap in its watershed. Putnam (2004) produced a detailed reconstruction of the last 600 yr using varve thickness, LOI, and BSi from surface cores. A longer vibracore (5.6 m) contains laminated sediments interbedded with massive marine units extending ~8000 yr (Saenger, 2002). Depot Point Lake is a nival-fed isolation basin with laminated couplets extending to ~3500 yr (Haas, 2003). Detailed analysis of structure and composition of the laminated sequences will be conducted at both lakes.