Open AccessThe puzzle of the circular features in Inglefield Land, North-West Greenland
Author(s) -
Peter Appel
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2936
pISSN - 0105-3507
DOI - 10.34194/bullggu.v172.6746
Subject(s) - geology , groenlandia , physical geography , west coast , greenland ice sheet , geography , ice caps , future sea level , archaeology , oceanography , ice sheet , cryosphere , glacier , ice stream , sea ice
In 1994 The Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) conducted an airborne geophysical survey of Inglefield Land, North-West Greenland, financed by the Govemment of Greenland, Minerals Office. During photogeological studies in conncetion wilh the survey well over 100 circular structures were identified in a belt stretching from the Inland lce across central Inglefield Land to the coast (Fig. 1; Bengaard, 1995).