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Postglacial Delevelling in Skeldal, Northeast Greenland

Author(s) -

Norman P. Lasca

Publication year - 1966

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic3441

Subject(s) - fjord , radiocarbon dating , geology , glacial period , shore , oceanography , physical geography , holocene , quaternary , archaeology , geography , paleontology

Skeldal is a northeast-trending valley in the Mesters Vig district, on the southwest shore of Kong Oscars Fjord, about 70 km from the fiord's entrance, in the northeast corner of Scoresby Land. Thirteen radiocarbon dates of shell material which were used to establish a rate of emergence in Skeldal, indicate that the valley was partially open to the sea by ca 8500 BP. Early emergence (8000-7000 BP) was approx 3 m/century. Emergence is related almost entirely to adjustment due to glacial unloading.

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