Open AccessQuaternary geology of parts of central and western North Greenland: a preliminary account
Author(s) -
M Kelly,
Ole Bennike
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v126.7917
Subject(s) - geology , deglaciation , quaternary , holocene , moraine , fjord , eemian , oceanography , physical geography , glacier , paleontology , archaeology , geography , interglacial
The whole region, perhaps except for northem Nansen Land, was covered by the Inland Ice in ?pre-Eemian time. A much younger stage, characterised by fresh moraines at the fjord mouths and along Robeson Kanal, is assigned a Late Weichselian age. Deglaciation began c. 10 000 years B.P. Reworked pre-Holocene shelIs are rather common, and Holocene marine deposits occur sporadieally. The marine limit varies from Co 125 m to c. 60 m.