An integrated geochemical and palynological study of human impacts, soil erosion and storminess from southern Greenland since c. AD 1000

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Schofield, J.Edward, Edwards, Kevin J., Mighall, Tim M., Martínez Cortizas, Antonio, Rodríguez-Racedo, José, Cook, Gordon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier BV 2010
• Subjects: Greenland; Qinngua; ice core; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/93025/

An integrated pollen-analytical and geochemical study is presented from Qinngua Kangilleq, southwest Greenland. This site was formerly one of the largest farms in the Eastern Settlement of Norse Greenland. The study is the first to determine what link, if any, exists between Norse landnám (early set...