Glacimarine lithofacies, provenance and depositional processes on a West Greenland trough‐mouth fan

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Ó Cofaigh, C., Andrews, J. T., Jennings, A. E., Dowdeswell, J. A., Hogan, K. A., Kilfeather, A. A., Sheldon, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Greenland; Greenland Trough; Baffin; Ice Sheet; Uummannaq
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2569; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.2569; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.2569

Abstract Along the West Greenland continental margin adjoining Baffin Bay, bathymetric data show a series of large submarine fans located at the mouths of cross‐shelf troughs. One of these fans, termed here ‘Uummannaq Fan’, is a trough‐mouth fan built largely by debris delivered from a fast‐flowing...