7-MILLION YEARS OF GLACIATION IN GREENLAND

被引:222
作者
LARSEN, HC [1 ]
SAUNDERS, AD [1 ]
CLIFT, PD [1 ]
BEGET, J [1 ]
WEI, W [1 ]
SPEZZAFERRI, S [1 ]
ALI, J [1 ]
CAMBRAY, H [1 ]
DEMANT, A [1 ]
FITTON, G [1 ]
FRAM, MS [1 ]
FUKUMA, K [1 ]
GIESKES, J [1 ]
HOLMES, MA [1 ]
HUNT, J [1 ]
LACASSE, C [1 ]
LARSEN, LM [1 ]
LYKKEANDERSON, H [1 ]
MELTSER, A [1 ]
MORRISON, ML [1 ]
NEMOTO, N [1 ]
OKAY, N [1 ]
SAITO, S [1 ]
SINTON, C [1 ]
STAX, R [1 ]
VALLIER, TL [1 ]
VANDAMME, D [1 ]
WERNER, R [1 ]
CLIFF, PD [1 ]
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV,SCI OPERAT,OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM,COLLEGE STN,TX 77845
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10.1126/science.264.5161.952
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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.
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