High‐resolution study of Icelandic tephras in the Kangerlussuaq Trough, southeast Greenland, during the last deglaciation

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Jennings, Anne E., Grönvold, Karl, Hilberman, Rachael, Smith, Mikie, Hald, Morten
• Other Authors: US National Science Foundation, Arctic Natural Sciences.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: East Greenland; Greenland; ice core; Ice Sheet; Kangerlussuaq
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.692; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.692; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.692

Abstract Tephra abundance data and geochemistry in Late‐glacial and Holocene sediments on the East Greenland shelf are presented. Two well‐known tephras were identified from electron microprobe analysis of tephra shards picked from ash peaks in the cores. These are the Vedde Ash and Saksunarvatn Ash...