The fate of the submarine ikaite tufa columns in southwest Greenland under changing climate conditions.

• Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Main Authors: Hansen, Marc O., Buchardt, Bjørn, Kühl, Michael, Elberling, Bo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Greenland; Ikka
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/the-fate-of-the-submarine-ikaite-tufa-columns-in-southwest-greenland-under-changing-climate-conditions(b6fcff60-f7d6-11df-b6d2-000ea68e967b).html; https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2011.50

Ikaite is considered a metastable mineral forming and stable only at low temperatures and therefore an indicator of low-temperature carbonate precipitation often associated with cold marine seeps. It is found world-wide but most spectacularly in Ikka Fjord in southwest Greenland as submarine carbona...