OCEANIC FLUXES FROM PROGLACIAL AND DEGLACIAL WATERSHEDS IN WESTERN GREENLAND

• Main Authors: Deuerling, Kelly M., Scribner, Cecilia A., Martin, Jonathan B, Martin, Ellen E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UNO 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Sisimiut; Nerumaq; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/geoggeolfacproc/7; https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/context/geoggeolfacproc/article/1009/viewcontent/OCEANI_1.PDF

Weathering in western Greenland occurs in two distinct environments: proglacial watersheds that extend from the margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) and derive water from ice melt, and deglacial watersheds that develop on terrains unconnected to the GIS and derive water from annual precipitation....