Palaeoecology of two lake basins from Disko, West Greenland
Abstract The macrofossils, lithology and chronology of two lake basins on Disko in central West Greenland have been investigated. Both lakes were isolated from the sea in the mid‐Holocene as a result of relative land uplift. A marine‐brackish‐limnic sequence was recovered from the Qivittut Lake. The...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.3390100205 2024-09-15T18:09:01+00:00 Palaeoecology of two lake basins from Disko, West Greenland Bennike, Ole 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390100205 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.3390100205 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3390100205 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 10, issue 2, page 149-155 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390100205 2024-07-09T04:09:37Z Abstract The macrofossils, lithology and chronology of two lake basins on Disko in central West Greenland have been investigated. Both lakes were isolated from the sea in the mid‐Holocene as a result of relative land uplift. A marine‐brackish‐limnic sequence was recovered from the Qivittut Lake. The marine fauna is unusually diverse, whereas the brackish water fauna consists only of few species. Immediately after isolation the lake passed through a short‐lived eutrophic phase, after which stable, mesotrophic conditions were established. From the second lake basin, the Fortunebay Lake, only limnic sediments were recovered. This lake record demonstrates that rather stable conditions have persisted since mid‐Holocene times. Both lakes show anomalously high accumulation rates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Wiley Online Library Journal of Quaternary Science 10 2 149 155 |
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Abstract The macrofossils, lithology and chronology of two lake basins on Disko in central West Greenland have been investigated. Both lakes were isolated from the sea in the mid‐Holocene as a result of relative land uplift. A marine‐brackish‐limnic sequence was recovered from the Qivittut Lake. The marine fauna is unusually diverse, whereas the brackish water fauna consists only of few species. Immediately after isolation the lake passed through a short‐lived eutrophic phase, after which stable, mesotrophic conditions were established. From the second lake basin, the Fortunebay Lake, only limnic sediments were recovered. This lake record demonstrates that rather stable conditions have persisted since mid‐Holocene times. Both lakes show anomalously high accumulation rates. |
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Palaeoecology of two lake basins from Disko, West Greenland |
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Palaeoecology of two lake basins from Disko, West Greenland |
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