The origin of massive diamicton facies by iceberg rafting and scouring, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: DOWDESWELL, JULIAN A., WHITTINGTON, ROBERT J., MARIENFELD, PETER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1994.tb01390.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1994.tb01390.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1994.tb01390.x

ABSTRACT Almost 90% of 39 m of core material recovered from Scoresby Sund and the adjacent East Greenland shelf is massive diamicton, interpreted to be formed predominantly by the release of iceberg rafted debris and reworking by iceberg scouring. There is also likely to be a contribution from suspe...