Late Quaternary sedimentation along a fjord to shelf (trough) transect, East Greenland (c. 68 N)

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Andrews, J. T., Jennings, A. E., Cooper, T., Williams, K. M., Mienert, Jürgen
• Other Authors: Andrews, John T.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society 1996
• Subjects: Greenland; Renland; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; east greenland current; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/30997/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/30997/1/Andrews.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.111.01.10

The East Greenland continental margin between c.66 and 68° N consists of a major fjord/trough system that extends from Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, along Kangerdlugssuaq Trough to Denmark Strait. Measurements of the temperature and salinity of the water column along this transect indicates that ‘warm’ wat...