Sverdrup Islands (original) (raw)
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Finlayson, Douglas. "Sverdrup Islands". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 23 January 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sverdrup-islands. Accessed 22 October 2024.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Finlayson, D. (2014). Sverdrup Islands. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sverdrup-islands
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Finlayson, Douglas. "Sverdrup Islands." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited January 23, 2014.
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Sverdrup Islands," by Douglas Finlayson, Accessed October 22, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sverdrup-islands
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Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited January 23, 2014
Sverdrup Islands, located in the High Arctic, comprise a large island, Axel Heiberg, and two smaller ones, Ellef Ringnes and Amund Ringnes. Their geological history began as an area of subsidence and sedimentation on a landmass margin.
Sverdrup Islands, located in the High Arctic, comprise a large island, Axel Heiberg, and two smaller ones, Ellef Ringnes and Amund Ringnes. Their geological history began as an area of subsidence and sedimentation on a landmass margin. Deformation occurred, followed by a second episode of uplift. In the early Tertiary, after a long period of sedimentation, the basin sediments were folded and faulted and the present land surface was uplifted and mountains formed. Today, glaciers occupy a large proportion of the mountainous area - some reaching the sea. A narrow coastal strip of thin sediments was laid down in the early Pleistocene along the arctic shore. The discovery of these islands by the Second Norwegian Polar Expedition (1898-1902), under the command of Otto Sverdrup, led to a sovereignty dispute, settled in Canada's favour only in 1931.