Textures, fabrics and meltlayer stratigraphy in the Hans Tausen ice core, North Greenland - indications of late Holocene ice cap generation?

A thin section study of crystal structure has been carried out on a 345 m long ice core drilled to bedrock on Hans Tausen Iskappe, 1995. In addition a meltlayer stratigraphy was set up, showing how the fraction of meltlayer-ice in the core increases with depth. Main characteristics of crystal struct...

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Published in:Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
Main Authors: Nørgaard Madsen, Karen, Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 2001
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/140229