Interaction between subsurface ocean waters and calving of the Jakobshavn Isbræ during the late Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-224

  Andresen, Camilla S ^a   McCarthy, David J ^b   Dylmer, Christian Valdemar ^c   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^c   Kuijpers, Antoon ^a   Lloyd, Jerry M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate; foraminifera; iceberg calving; Jakobshavn Isbrae; late Holocene climate variability; West Greenland Current

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HYPSITHERMAL; ICEBERG CALVING; LITHOLOGY; NEOGLACIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DISKO BAY; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79952074884     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378877     Document Type: Article

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