Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics
High-resolution bathymetric data from close to the northwest Greenland coast in northern Melville Bay, northeast Baffin Bay, reveal a range of glacial and nonglacial landforms. The glacial landforms include crag-and-tails, mega-scale glacial lineations (MSGL), rock drumlins, and roche moutonnées tha...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:47560 2024-09-15T17:56:57+00:00 Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics Slabon, Patricia Dorschel, Boris Jokat, Wilfried Freire, Francis 2018-10-01 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47560/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.06.007 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.2782a34b-d0c9-44de-a859-8a89dc9cdd9b unknown ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV Slabon, P. , Dorschel, B. orcid:0000-0002-3495-5927 , Jokat, W. orcid:0000-0002-7793-5854 and Freire, F. (2018) Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics , Geomorphology, 318 , pp. 88-100 . hdl:10013/epic.2782a34b-d0c9-44de-a859-8a89dc9cdd9b EPIC3Geomorphology, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 318, pp. 88-100, ISSN: 0169-555X Article isiRev 2018 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.06.007 2024-06-24T04:19:47Z High-resolution bathymetric data from close to the northwest Greenland coast in northern Melville Bay, northeast Baffin Bay, reveal a range of glacial and nonglacial landforms. The glacial landforms include crag-and-tails, mega-scale glacial lineations (MSGL), rock drumlins, and roche moutonnées that indicate paleo-ice sheet dynamics. The nonglacial landforms include steep ridges that are interpreted as volcanic dykes (Neoproterozoic Thule dyke swarms and Paleoproterozoic Melville Bugt dyke swarms). These dykes are glacially overprinted and may have channeled ice and subglacial meltwater flow through narrow subglacial cavities. Some of the glacial landforms eroded into bedrock indicate a southward paleo-ice stream orientation; while other glacial landforms, including the sedimentary depositional landforms, indicate a westward paleo-ice stream orientation. The glacial landforms were likely produced during at least two epochs and under changing thickness of the ice streams. The glacial landforms eroded into the bedrock are likely older than the sedimentary glacial landforms and were likely produced by a thin south/southeastward ice stream that allowed cavity formation. The westward-oriented glacial landforms were likely produced by a thick ice stream that was probably active during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The different orientations of the glacial landforms indicate a reorganization of the ice streams that may have occurred during retreat and subsequent readvance. This reorganization likely coincided with a migration of the ice divide from south to north. Article in Journal/Newspaper Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Greenland Ice Sheet Melville bugt Thule Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Geomorphology 318 88 100 |
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High-resolution bathymetric data from close to the northwest Greenland coast in northern Melville Bay, northeast Baffin Bay, reveal a range of glacial and nonglacial landforms. The glacial landforms include crag-and-tails, mega-scale glacial lineations (MSGL), rock drumlins, and roche moutonnées that indicate paleo-ice sheet dynamics. The nonglacial landforms include steep ridges that are interpreted as volcanic dykes (Neoproterozoic Thule dyke swarms and Paleoproterozoic Melville Bugt dyke swarms). These dykes are glacially overprinted and may have channeled ice and subglacial meltwater flow through narrow subglacial cavities. Some of the glacial landforms eroded into bedrock indicate a southward paleo-ice stream orientation; while other glacial landforms, including the sedimentary depositional landforms, indicate a westward paleo-ice stream orientation. The glacial landforms were likely produced during at least two epochs and under changing thickness of the ice streams. The glacial landforms eroded into the bedrock are likely older than the sedimentary glacial landforms and were likely produced by a thin south/southeastward ice stream that allowed cavity formation. The westward-oriented glacial landforms were likely produced by a thick ice stream that was probably active during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The different orientations of the glacial landforms indicate a reorganization of the ice streams that may have occurred during retreat and subsequent readvance. This reorganization likely coincided with a migration of the ice divide from south to north. |
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Slabon, Patricia Dorschel, Boris Jokat, Wilfried Freire, Francis Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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Slabon, Patricia Dorschel, Boris Jokat, Wilfried Freire, Francis |
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Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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submarine geomorphology of northeast baffin bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47560/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.06.007 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.2782a34b-d0c9-44de-a859-8a89dc9cdd9b |
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EPIC3Geomorphology, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 318, pp. 88-100, ISSN: 0169-555X |
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Slabon, P. , Dorschel, B. orcid:0000-0002-3495-5927 , Jokat, W. orcid:0000-0002-7793-5854 and Freire, F. (2018) Submarine geomorphology of northeast Baffin Bay and its implications for local paleo-ice sheet dynamics , Geomorphology, 318 , pp. 88-100 . hdl:10013/epic.2782a34b-d0c9-44de-a859-8a89dc9cdd9b |
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