The Eirik Drift: Archive of palaeoenvironmental development of climate and circulation in the Greenland and Labrador Seas - Cruise No. MSM12/2 - June 17 - July 13, 2009 - Reykjavik (Iceland) - Reykjavik (Iceland) ...

• Main Author: Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie 2013
• Subjects: Earth Science; Earth sciences and geology; Greenland; Davis Strait; Ice Sheet; Iceland; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.2312/cr_msm12_2; https://www.tib.eu/suchen/id/awi:3d8a20a83ca42c0b03c9a6396ffb7985c8e187fd

Cruise leg MSM 12/2 with RV MARIA S. MERIAN, leaving Reykjavik on 17.6., returning to Reykjavik on 13.7.2009, comprised seismic reflection and geological studies of the Eirik Drift, a sedimentary structure south of Greenland. The Eirik Drift has been documenting the sedimentation near southeast Greenland since the Miocene by forming an archive for the depositional processes in this region, which have been shaped by the Western Boundary Undercurrent (WBUC), the Greenland ice sheet and the material input from the Labrador Sea/Davis Strait. A detailed study and analysis of both structure and composition of the Eirik Drift via seismic and geologic methods as well as a correlation with results from ODP and IODP sites (ODP Leg 105 and IODP Expedition 303) was needed to lead to information on the development of the WBUC as well as the dimensions and expansion/retreat of the Greenland ice sheet. Seismic profiles were gathered, which capture the structure of the sediment drift down to basement and lateral relocations ... : MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte ...