Cenozoic uplift of Nuussuaq and Disko, West Greenland-elevated erosion surfaces as uplift markers of a passive margin

Geomorphology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 325-337

  Bonow, Johan M ^a,b   Japsen, Peter ^b   Lidmar Bergström, Karna ^a   Chalmers, James A ^b   Pedersen, Asger Ken ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Erosion surface; Glaciation; Landform analysis; Neogene; Passive continental margin; Uplift; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; PASSIVE MARGIN; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33748896228     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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