Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Preliminary investigations of the Quaternary of Melville Bugt and Dundas, North-West Greenland_1980 Kelly, M. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 1980 https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v100.7691

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
Raised marine section near Kap York Arctic, Greenland - Avannaata Municipality, terrestrial July 1, 1978 strat section 75.94536 -66.64346 None 2.85 Estimated lat/lon from Kelly 1980 Figure 10. Published coordinates were too coarse. ; No sampling interval reported; Corrected for isotopic fractionation.

Lake information

Lake name Lake description Catchment area (m2) Open vs closed Mictic state
Raised marine section from Niaqornarssuk, Kap York peat overlying beach cobbles False None

Samples in this core

Sample ID Core depth
(m)
Lithology Facies interpretation Carbon type Sample preparation type Age (14C yr ± 1σ) Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 2σ range (cal. yr BP) Comments
GGU-194460 0.83 - 0.9 moss peat surface above tidal level to develop terrestrial peat Peat Bulk combustion 2810.0 ± 70.0 1061.0 1462.0-663.0 No sampling interval reported

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