Recent environmental change as recorded in Godthåbsfjorden sediments, Western Greenland

• Main Author: O´Brien, Elaina Mary, 1991-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Loftslagsbreytingar; Jöklamælingar; Jökulleysing; University Centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Glacial retreat; glacier; Godthåbsfjord; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Kapisillit; Nuuk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/39162

Effects of environmental and climate change are evident from seven sediment cores taken in the Godthåbsfjord, West Greenland. Continuous smear slides taken from these sediment cores reveal signals of increasing fine mineral grain sizes (very fine silt and clay) and increasing concentrations of terre...