Sedimentology on two cores from Scoresby Sund, Greenland, supplement to: Marienfeld, Peter (1992): Postglacial sedimentary history of Scoresby Sund, East Greenland. Polarforschung, 60(3), 181-195

• Main Author: Marienfeld, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 1992
• Subjects: Gravity corer Kiel type; ARK-V/3b; Polarstern; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North QUEEN; Greenland; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund; East Greenland; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.763190; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.763190

Reconstruction of the postglacial palaeoenvironmental evolution was the main objective of marine geological investigations in the Scorcsby Sund fjord system. For this purpose, samples of marine sediments, taken on RV Polarstern cruises ARK-V/3b and ARK-VII/3b in 1988 and 1990, have been analysed. All investigated fjord sediments are paratills. However, remarkable changes in sediment fabric and composition occur with depth in cores. They are attributable to different modes of sediment deposition. Therefore, a subdivision of the postglacial palaeoenvironmental history into periods of considerably different sedimentary conditions is feasible.The change of sedimentary fades with time is interpreted by deposition under changing climatic conditions during the postglacial. Displacements of cyclonic and anticyclonic centers in the atmosphere change amount of precipitation at the east coast of Greenland. Precipitation strongly influences extension of local ice caps of coastal areas and duration of coverage of the fjords by sea ice. These factors again control the sedimentary regime in the fjord system.