Rapid response of Helheim Glacier, southeast Greenland, to early Holocene climate warming

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-430

  Hughes, Anna L C ^a   Rainsley, Eleanor ^b   Murray, Tavi ^a   Fogwill, Christopher J ^b,c   Schnabel, Christoph ^d   Xu, Sheng ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEDROCK SURFACES; GLACIER RETREAT; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL; RAPID RESPONSE; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WARMING CLIMATE;

GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HELHEIM GLACIER;

EID: 84861386267     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32730.1     Document Type: Article

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