Table I. Composition of till in north Greenland

• Main Author: Davies, William E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1961
• Subjects: Andesite; Area/locality; Basalt; Diabase; Felsitic fragments; Gneiss; Granite; Greenstone; LATITUDE; Limestone; LONGITUDE; Marble; Phyllite; Quartz; Quartzite; Sandstone; Schist; Shale; Slate; Frederick E. Hyde fjord; Greenland; Ice cap; North Greenland; Peary Land; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.743859; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743859

From 1950 through 1900 studies on the glacial geology of northern Greenland have been made in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. As a result of these studies four distinct phases of the latest glaciation have been recognized. The last glaciation extended over most o...