Banks, Victoria, and Stefansson islands, Arctic Archipelago

The first Australian palynologist: Isabel Clifton Cookson (1893–1973) and her scientific work

“…In fact, they are from the Kanguk Formation (Felix & Burbridge 1976, Manum 1991. Marine microplankton from nearby Banks Island documented by Thorsteinsson & Tozer (1962) are also similar to the assemblages from Ellef Rignes and Graham islands. This major work was completed by correspondence between Melbourne and Oslo.…”

Mineralogy and spectral signature of reactive gossans, Victoria Island, NT, Canada

“…2). Sedimentary strata of the Shaler Supergroup, a 4-km thick succession of carbonate and evaporitic rocks (Young, 1981;Rainbird et al, 1994Rainbird et al, , 2014 are intruded by Thorsteinsson and Tozer, 1962). Location of study sites Gossan Hill (GH) and Sill Gossan (SG) shown as yellow triangles on map.…”

The tundra and polar semi-desert landscapes of Banks Island and Prince Patrick Island, Western Canadian Arctic

“…The northeast plateau consists of Devonian age limestone and the southern uplands consist of Precambrian gabbro rocks. These rocks form upland terrain rising to elevations of ~700 m. By contrast, the majority of the central and western lowlands are underlain by poorly consolidated Mesozoic-age sediments that vary in lithology from shale of the Christopher Formation to sands and gravels of the Eureka Sound and Beaufort Formations (Thorsteinsson and Tozer, 1962;Miall, 1979;Fyles, 1994). Fluvial dissection has resulted in relative relief that varies from less than 50 m to over 250 m. The interfluves and upper slopes are covered with an extensive but thin veneer of till and glacio-fluvial deposits.…”

“…These water bodies are ice-covered for more than 8-9 months of the year. Tozer and Thorsteinsson, 1962;Thorsteinsson and Tozer, 1964 …”