Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
Date of this Version
5-13-1994
Abstract
Glacial till, glaciomarine diamictites, and ice-rafted detritus found in marine cores collected off the shore of southeast Greenland record multiple Late Cenozoic glaciations beginning in the Late Miocene. Distinct rock assemblages and seismic stratigraphic control correlate the diamictites with glaciation of the southeast Greenland margin. Glaciers advanced to the sea during several intervals in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. North Atlantic glaciation may have nucleated in southern Greenland rather than further north because of the high mountains and the high levels of precipitation in this region.
Comments
Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 264, No. 5161 (May 13, 1994), pp. 952-955. Copyright © 1994 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Used by permission.