The Ymer-Formation - an interglacial sequence in northeasternmost Greenland

Kilen is a flat stretch of land around 81"lO'N in northeasternmost Greenland (Fig. l), reaching 35 km into the Flade Isblink ice-cap complex and with 15 km coast along the Nord- 6stvandet polynya. Its Quaternary deposits were for the first time reconnoitered in 1980, during the Swedish Yme...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Hjort, Christian, Feyling-Hanssen, Rolf W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
Subjects:
Greenland
Kilen
Flade Isblink
Ice cap
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2483
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6911
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Summary:Kilen is a flat stretch of land around 81"lO'N in northeasternmost Greenland (Fig. l), reaching 35 km into the Flade Isblink ice-cap complex and with 15 km coast along the Nord- 6stvandet polynya. Its Quaternary deposits were for the first time reconnoitered in 1980, during the Swedish Ymer-80 expedition (Hjort 1981a). and studied in more detail in 1985, during the Danish-Swedish Kilen-85 expedition.

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