Late Quaternary glaciation history of northernmost Greenland - Evidence of shelf-based ice

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 3399-3414

  Larsen, Nicolaj K ^a,b   Kjær, Kurt H ^c   Funder, Svend ^c   Möller, Per ^a   van der Meer, Jaap J M ^d   Schomacker, Anders ^e,f   Linge, Henriette ^g   Darby, Dennis A ^h  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; BREAK-UP; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL PLAIN; DEGLACIATIONS; FRAM STRAIT; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; GLACIATION HISTORY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; ICE-CAPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; LINCOLN SEA; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; SOLAR INSOLATION; STUDY AREAS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE BREAKER; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; ICE SHELF; MOLLUSC; QUATERNARY; TILL;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 78049426056     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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