Research ArticleGEOLOGY
A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland
- Kurt H. Kjær1,*,
- Nicolaj K. Larsen1,2,
- Tobias Binder3,
- Anders A. Bjørk1,4,5,
- Olaf Eisen3,6,
- Mark A. Fahnestock7,
- Svend Funder1,
- Adam A. Garde8,
- Henning Haack9,10,
- Veit Helm3,
- Michael Houmark-Nielsen1,
- Kristian K. Kjeldsen1,8,11,
- Shfaqat A. Khan12,
- Horst Machguth13,14,
- Iain McDonald15,
- Mathieu Morlighem4,
- Jérémie Mouginot4,16,
- John D. Paden17,
- Tod E. Waight18,
- Christian Weikusat3,
- Eske Willerslev1,19,20 and
- Joseph 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
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tobias Binder
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Anders A. Bjørk
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Olaf Eisen
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Mark A. Fahnestock
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Svend Funder
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Adam A. Garde
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henning Haack
Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, ME, USA.Geobiology and Minerals Section, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Veit Helm
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Michael Houmark-Nielsen
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark.Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Shfaqat A. Khan
DTU Space, National Space Institute, Department of Geodesy, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Horst Machguth
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Iain McDonald
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK.
Mathieu Morlighem
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jérémie Mouginot
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INP, Grenoble, France.
John D. Paden
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Tod E. Waight
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management (Geology Section), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christian Weikusat
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Eske Willerslev
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Joseph A. MacGregor
Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
