Physical and chemical predictors of diatom dissolution in freshwater and saline lake sediments in North America and West Greenland

Paleomagnetic measurements on 61 drill cores from eight sites of the Coast Parallel dikes of west Greenland (Fiskenaesset area) have yielded a pole position at 169°E, 54°N, α95 = 5.9°. When these data are combined with those from the Nunarsuit-Tornarssuk area (Ketelaar 1963) the pole is 168°E, 56°N, α95 = 6°. Reversely magnetized dikes are present in both areas.The Coast Parallel dike pole lies close to the Triassic pole position for North America if corrected for Bullard's fit. The dikes were therefore intruded prior to the Mesozoic separation of Greenland and North America.

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Pb isotope ratios of lake sediments in West Greenland: inferences on pollution sources

Atmospheric Environment ◽

10.1016/s1352-2310(01)00115-7 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 35 (27) ◽

pp. 4675-4685 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Richard Bindler ◽

Ingemar Renberg ◽

N. John Anderson ◽

Peter G. Appleby ◽

Ove Emteryd ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lake Sediments ◽

Isotope Ratios ◽

Pollution Sources ◽

Pb Isotope ◽

West Greenland

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Holocene shore-lines and glacial stages in Greenland - an attempt at correlation

Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse ◽

10.34194/rapggu.v41.7281 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 1-39

Author(s):

A Weidick

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Current Literature ◽

Younger Dryas ◽

Low Pressure ◽

East Greenland ◽

West Greenland ◽

History Of ◽

Climatic Optimum ◽

North Greenland

Post-Wisconsinian uplift of West, North and East Greenland has been estimated on the basis of information in current literature and compared to the data collected by the author in central West Greenland. For West and North Greenland the dated uplift allows an estimate to be made of the age of former shore-lines, which in turn have been used to date the stages of the extent of the Inland lce. The results have been compared with published information on the age of glacial stages in East Greenland. The estimated ages of the ice margin stages imply a history of deglaciation in West (and North?) Greenland comparable to that of North America. In both areas the major deglaciation took place after the Younger Dryas and a marked halt took place in Boreal times. It is possibie that the history of East Greenland is more closely related to that of Scandinavia where a widespread deglaciation took place prior to the Younger Dryas. The deglaciation of North Greenland was interrupted by a marked readvance or readvances during the climatic optimum. It is possible that the northward shift of the low pressure centres during this period led to an increased accumulation on the northern part of the Inland lce.

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Ice conditions offshore West Greenland

Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse ◽

10.34194/rapggu.v159.8206 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 159 ◽

pp. 43-47

Author(s):

H.H Thomsen

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Environmental Studies ◽

The Political ◽

West Greenland ◽

Ice Conditions ◽

Special Information

An offshore West Greenland licensing found was formally approved by the Danish Minister of Energy on 26 March 1992, and announced in industry journals in the following months. To give interested companies an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the political framework, licensing terms, geology of the licensing area and general working conditions in Greenland, presentations were held in Europe and North America (Christiansen et al., this report. In addition GGU prepared a special information package 'Offshore West Greenland – Exploration Information 1992' for the licensing round. One of the enclosures in this package is a brief review of ice conditions offshore West Greenland with particular reference to the licensing area (Thomsen, 1992; Fig. 1). The licensing round failed to attract any applications, but ice conditions offshore West Greenland remain of prime interest to any group planning geophysical or environmental studies in the area. For this reason a summary of the report enclosed in the information package is given here.

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