Research ArticleGEOLOGY
A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland
- View ORCID ProfileKurt H. Kjær1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileNicolaj K. Larsen1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileTobias Binder3,
- View ORCID ProfileAnders A. Bjørk1,4,5,
- View ORCID ProfileOlaf Eisen3,6,
- View ORCID ProfileMark A. Fahnestock7,
- Svend Funder1,
- View ORCID ProfileAdam A. Garde8,
- View ORCID ProfileHenning Haack9,10,
- View ORCID ProfileVeit Helm3,
- Michael Houmark-Nielsen1,
- View ORCID ProfileKristian K. Kjeldsen1,8,11,
- View ORCID ProfileShfaqat A. Khan12,
- View ORCID ProfileHorst Machguth13,14,
- View ORCID ProfileIain McDonald15,
- View ORCID ProfileMathieu Morlighem4,
- View ORCID ProfileJérémie Mouginot4,16,
- View ORCID ProfileJohn D. Paden17,
- View ORCID ProfileTod E. Waight18,
- View ORCID ProfileChristian Weikusat3,
- View ORCID ProfileEske Willerslev1,19,20 and
- View ORCID ProfileJoseph A. MacGregor21
- 1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- 3Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
- 4Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- 5NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA.
- 6Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
- 7Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
- 8Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 9Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, ME, USA.
- 10Geobiology and Minerals Section, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 11Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- 12DTU Space, National Space Institute, Department of Geodesy, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
- 13Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
- 14Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 15School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK.
- 16Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INP, Grenoble, France.
- 17Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
- 18Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management (Geology Section), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 19Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- 20Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
- 21Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: kurtk{at}snm.ku.dk
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Science Advances 14 Nov 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaar8173
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar8173
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaar8173
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar8173
Kurt H. Kjær
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nicolaj K. Larsen
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tobias Binder
3Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Anders A. Bjørk
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
5NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Olaf Eisen
3Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
6Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Mark A. Fahnestock
7Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Svend Funder
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Adam A. Garde
8Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henning Haack
9Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, ME, USA.
10Geobiology and Minerals Section, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Veit Helm
3Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Michael Houmark-Nielsen
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
8Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark.
11Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Shfaqat A. Khan
12DTU Space, National Space Institute, Department of Geodesy, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Horst Machguth
13Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
14Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Iain McDonald
15School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK.
Mathieu Morlighem
4Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jérémie Mouginot
4Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
16Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INP, Grenoble, France.
John D. Paden
17Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Tod E. Waight
18Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management (Geology Section), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christian Weikusat
3Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Eske Willerslev
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
19Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
20Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Joseph A. MacGregor
21Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
