Cryostratigraphy, sedimentology, and the late Quaternary evolution of the Zackenberg River delta, northeast Greenland

Gilbert, Graham L.; Cable, Stefanie; Thiel, Christine; Christiansen, Hanne H.; Elberling, Bo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1265-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

The Cryosphere, 11, 1265–1282, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1265-2017

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The Cryosphere, 11, 1265–1282, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1265-2017

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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Research article 30 May 2017

Research article | 30 May 2017

Cryostratigraphy, sedimentology, and the late Quaternary evolution of the Zackenberg River delta, northeast Greenland

Graham L. Gilbert et al.

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RC1: 'Cryostratigraphy, sedimentology and the late Quaternary evolution of the Zackenberg Delta, Northeast Greenland. doi:10.5194/tc-2016-299', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Author response to RC1', Graham Gilbert, 07 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Interactive Comment on manuscript tc-2016-299', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2017
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RC3: 'Review on manuscript tc-2016-299', Michael Fritz, 14 Mar 2017
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We reconstruct the Holocene development of the Zackenberg River delta (northeast Greenland) using a combination of sedimentology, cryostratigraphy, and geochronology. We distinguish four major depositional environments and identify three cryofacies. We apply the principles of cryostratigraphy to infer the aggradational history of permafrost. This paper contains an archive of ground ice in epigenetic permafrost in northeast Greenland.