Cold area ; Core sampling ; Fjord ; Glacial features ; Glacial surge ; Greenland ; Meltwater ; Present time
A 56 cm long sediment core from Kuannersuit Sulluat, a fjord on the island Disko, West Greenland is used to infer modern sedimentation rates and describe the sedimentary environment. The fjord abuts a catchment area dominated by a recently surging
glacier (1995-1999). Analyses of the core included magnetic susceptibility, x-radiographs and grain size analysis. Modern sedimentation rates in the fjord appear to be more than 10 times higher than average annual rates during the Holocene. This is due