A reassessment of the role of ice sheet glaciation in the long-term evolution of the East Greenland fjord region

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Swift, Darrel-A., Persano, C., Stuart, Finlay-M., Gallagher, Kerry, Whitham, Andrew
• Other Authors: Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre Armoricain de Recherches en Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: Ice sheet glaciation; Glacial erosion; Landscape evolution; Denudation; Apatite He thermochronometry; Greenland; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SDU.STU.ST]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Kong Oscar Fjord; East Greenland; Ice Sheet; Kong Oscar fjord
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00287013; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.048

International audience The long-term evolution of the East Greenland fjord region is investigated using geomorphological and stratigraphical evidence to: (1) assess the nature of landscape modification caused by late Cenozoic ice sheet glaciation; and (2) relate patterns of glacial landscape modific...