Down, across and along: sediment deposition and erosion on the glaciated southeast Greenland margin

Katrien Heirman, Tove Nielsen, Antoon Kuijpers

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/rapport/konferenceproceedingsKonferenceartikel i proceedings

Resumé

The Southeast Greenland continental shelf, slope and rise are subjected to along- and across-slope erosional and sedimentary processes. Turbidity currents flow through valley systems downslope and create large channel-levée sequences, orientated perpendicular to the slope. Meanwhile strong ocean
currents sweep along the slope and rise and over the shelf, bringing in new sediments from other region, interacting with downslope sediment transport processes or eroding sediment. The different processes prevail at different depths and their imprint has changed over time. Climatic changes (glacial vs. interglacial times), but most likely also tectonic pr ocesses have a large effect on where and when which processes dominate.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelBook of abstracts: 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: "The Contourite Log-book". Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014
RedaktørerDavid van Rooij, Andres Rüggeberg
ForlagGhent University
Sider21-22
Antal sider2
StatusUdgivet - 2014
Begivenhed2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress - Ghent, Belgien
Varighed: 10 sep. 201412 sep. 2014

Publikationsserier

NavnVLIZ Special Publication
Vol/bind69

Konference

Konference2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress
Land/OmrådeBelgien
ByGhent
Periode10/09/1412/09/14

Programområde

  • Programområde 5: Natur og klima

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