Essays about: "southern Greenland"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words southern Greenland.

  1. 6. Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Tasiusaq area, southern Greenland, with focus on the Ta4 basin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Fredh; [2008]
    Keywords : sea-level changes; isolation basin; deglaciation; Tasiusaq; Bredefjord; southern Greenland; Holocene; havsnivåförändringar; isolation; Bredefjorden; södra Grönland; holocen; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Endast ett fåtal observationer har tidigare gjorts från inre delen av Bredefjorden i södra Grönland. I denna studie presenteras en ny strandförskjutningskurva från området kring Tasiusaq baserad i huvudsak på sedimentanalyser från en marin bassäng. READ MORE

  3. 7. Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Tasiusaq area, southern Greenland, with focus on the Ta1 and Ta3 basins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Randsalu; [2008]
    Keywords : isostasi; havsnivåförändringar; södra Grönland; Holocen; isoleringslagerföljder; Greenland Ice Sheet; isostasy; sea-level changes; southern Greenland; isolation sequences; Holocene; grönländska inlandsisen; geology; physical geography; geologi; naturgeografi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Results from an investigation of relative sea-level changes from c. 11,000 cal. yr BP to the present in the Tasiusaq area, Inner Bredefjord, southwest Greenland, are presented in this thesis. Isolation sequences from two small lakes have been identified using stratigraphic analyses, XRF-scanning, loss on ignition and macrofossil analyses. READ MORE

  4. 8. A study of early Holocene climate changes in Småland, Sweden, with focus on the '8.2 kyr event'

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Hans Wennerberg; [2005]
    Keywords : geomorphology; physical geography; pollenanalys; mineralmagnetism; kolhalt; holocena klimatförändringar; pedology; cartography; climatology; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; 8.2 kyr event; Sweden; mineral magnetism; carbon content; pollen analysis; Sverige; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Three sediment cores, each 1.5 meters in length, obtained from Lake Byestadsjön in the province of Småland, southern Sweden were studied with high resolution mineral magnetic measurements, carbon content, pollen analysis and XRF analysis. READ MORE

  5. 9. Metamorphic study of metasediment from the Kangilinaaq Peninsula, West Greenland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Åberg; [2005]
    Keywords : West Greenland; Nagssugtoqidian Orogen; supracrustal rocks; Kangilinaaq Peninsula; metasedimentary rocks; pelites; correlation; Västra Grönland; Nagssugtoqidiska orogenesen; suprakrustala bergarter; metasedimentära bergarter; peliter; korrelation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Nagssugtoqidian Orogen is represented by an approximately 300 km wide Palaeoproterozoic deformation and metamorphic belt that stretch through the southern and middle parts of west Greenland. The Orogen is characterized and dominated by metamorphosed Archaean orthogneisses with minor supracrustal sequences. READ MORE

  6. 10. A stratigraphic study of a coastal section through a Late Weichselian kettle hole basin at Ålabodarna, western Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Oster; [2004]
    Keywords : geography; geology; stratigraphy; Ålabodarna; Skåne; Sweden; Late Weichselian; kettle hole basin; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: En undersökning har utförts av sediment avsatta i en liten sjöbassäng som exponerats i kustklinten vid Ålabodarna i västra Skåne. Undersökningen har bidragit med betydelsefull information om vegetationens ankomst till och expansion i området. READ MORE