Minturn circles: a new glacial feature

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Appel, Peter W. Uitterdijk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Greenland; Inglefield Land; Ice; Ice cap; Inglefield land; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-109; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-109

In Inglefield Land, northwest Greenland, a new glacial feature has been found, consisting of well-defined circles and rings ranging in size from a few metres to about 80 m in diameter and in colour from black to pink. More than 300 circles and rings are known. They are composed of slightly rounded b...