Open AccessQuaternary deposits in the Frederikshåb district, South-West Greenland
Author(s) -
Maureen D. Kelly
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v11.7148
Subject(s) - geology , quaternary , fjord , glacier , plateau (mathematics) , geomorphology , quaternary science , greenland ice sheet , glacier morphology , cirque , physical geography , oceanography , paleontology , arctic ice pack , arctic , geography , antarctic sea ice , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The Quaternary geology of an area of approximately 3000 km2 in the vicinity of Frederikshåb has been mapped during the summers 1964-1966. In this part of Greenland the unglaciated land between the outer coast and the margin of the Inland Ice is 40-70 km wide. The ice-free area is mostly a plateau at about 1000 m with isolated tops reaching 1600 m, and is deeply dissected by fjords some of which reach the ice margin. Small cirque glaciers occur in the higher parts of the plateau.