Climate change and the Viking-age fjord environment of the Eastern Settlement, South Greenland

Authors

  • Antoon Kuijpers Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
  • Niels Abrahamsen Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, Finlandsgade 8, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
  • Gerd Hoffmann GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Wischhofstrasse 1–3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany
  • Veit Hühnerbach Southampton Oceanography Centre, Challenger Division, Empress Dock, Southampton SO143ZH, UK
  • Peter Konradi Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
  • Helmar Kunzendorf Risø National Laboratory, PO Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
  • Naja Mikkelsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
  • Jörn Thiede Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstrasse, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Wilhelm Weinrebe GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Wischhofstrasse 1–3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v183.5206

Abstract

The main objective of the project reported here is to reconstruct late Holocene hydrographic changes in South Greenland fjords and to study the relationship with large-scale atmospheric climate change; in particular to shed light on a possible link between these hydrographic changes and the disappearance of the Norse from Greenland more than five centuries ago. The project (1998–2000) is financially supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council and the Government of Greenland.

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Published

1999-12-30

How to Cite

Kuijpers, A. ., Abrahamsen, N. ., Hoffmann, G. ., Hühnerbach, V. ., Konradi, P. ., Kunzendorf, H. ., Mikkelsen, N. ., Thiede, J. ., & Weinrebe, W. . (1999). Climate change and the Viking-age fjord environment of the Eastern Settlement, South Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 183, 61–67. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v183.5206

Issue

Vol. 183 (1999): Review of Greenland Activities 1998

Section

RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT

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