Classification of glacial sediments along the East Greenland margin

• Main Authors: Berger, Daniela, Jokat, Wilfried
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Greenland; Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; East Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/18500/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.30159

Most publications claim that a massive northern hemisphere glaciation started around 3 Ma. In the case of Greenland there are evidences that the large ice sheet existed prior to this period. New seismic data off East Greenland combined with results from ODP legs indicate a pronounced middle Miocene...