in the Mestersvig District
The earliest thorough investigations of periglacial processes in Greenland were conducted from 1956–1961 in the Mestersvig region (72°N 24´W) of central East Greenland, where a number of experimental sites were established by A.L. Washburn (Fig. 1; Washburn 1965, 1967, 1969). Results from these inve...
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Summary: | The earliest thorough investigations of periglacial processes in Greenland were conducted from 1956–1961 in the Mestersvig region (72°N 24´W) of central East Greenland, where a number of experimental sites were established by A.L. Washburn (Fig. 1; Washburn 1965, 1967, 1969). Results from these investigations are still of relevance, and are quoted in recent periglacial liter-ature (e.g. Ballantyne & Harris 1994; French 1996). During the field seasons of 1998 and 2000 a resur-vey of Washburn’s original experimental sites was under-taken. The main purpose was to describe the state of preservation of the sites and to derive estimates of long- |
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