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Palaeoenvironments and changes in the relative sea level during the last interglaciation at Langelandselv, Jameson Land, East Greenland.

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  • H. Vosgerau
  • S. Funder
  • M. Kelly
  • K.-L. Knudsen
  • C. Kronborg
  • H. B. Madsen
  • H. P. Sejrup
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1994
<mark>Journal</mark>Boreas
Issue number4
Volume23
Number of pages14
Pages (from-to)398-411
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Coastal cliffs and stream cut sections at Langelandselv on Jameson Land show a 22 m thick sedimentary succession reflecting the development of shallow marine and fluvial environments during the last interglaciation. The shallow marine sediments were deposited in upper shoreface, back-barrier, and delta environments during a rise in the relative sea level from 0 to 18 m. The interglacial succession ends with glaciotectonically dislocated fluvial sand, and is capped by alternating beds of lodgement till and fluvial sand, deposited during the Early Weichselian. The age is determined by palacoceanographic correlation of molluse and foraminifer faunas with isotopic substage 5e in the deep sea record, supported by luminescencs and U/Th dates and amino acid analysis.