Beach-ridge architecture constrained by beach topography and ground-penetrating radar, itilleq (Laksebugt), south-west disko, Greenland – implications for sea-level reconstructions

Priscila E. Souza, Aart Kroon, Lars Nielsen

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Detailed topographic data and high-resolution ground-penetrating radar (GPR) reflection data are presented from the present-day beach and across successive raised beach ridges at Itilleq, south-west Disko, West Greenland. In the western part of the study area, the present low-tide level is well defined by an abrupt change in sediment grain size between the sandy foreshore and the upper shoreface that is characterised by frequently occurring large clasts. The main parts of both fine and large clasts appear to be locally derived. Seaward-dipping reflections form downlap points, which are clearly identified in all beach-ridge GPR profiles. Most of them are located at the boundary between a unit with reflection characteristics representing palaeo-foreshore deposits and a deeper and more complex radar unit characterised by diffractions; the deeper unit is not penetrated to large depths by the GPR signals. Based on observations of the active shoreface regime, large clasts are interpreted to give rise to scattering observed near the top of the deeper radar unit. We regard the downlap points located at this radar boundary as markers of palaeo-low-tide levels. In some places, scattering hyperbolas are more pronounced and frequent than in others, suggesting differences in the occurrence of large boulders.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Sider (fra-til)167-179
Antal sider13
TidsskriftBulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Vol/bind66
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2018
Udgivet eksterntJa

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