Arctic Loess as an Environmental Archive : Identifying Weathering with XRF Analysis in West Greenland

• Main Author: Karnik, Isabelle
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2019
• Subjects: loess; XRF; weathering index; Holocene climate; Greenland; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Kangerlussuaq; Västra; albedo; Arktis; Arktis*; Grönland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-394290

Loess from west Greenland was studied to evaluate Holocene paleoclimate in the Arctic region. Deposits of loess are formed over long time scales through deposition of fine aeolian sediment and they exist in several places in the world. The main aeolian dust source in the study area is glaciofluvial...