Late Holocene expansion of Istorvet ice cap, Liverpool Land, east Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-140

  Lowell, Thomas V ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^b   Kelly, Meredith A ^c   Bennike, Ole ^d   Lusas, Amanda R ^b   Honsaker, William ^a   Smith, Colby A ^a   Levy, Laura B ^c   Travis, Scott ^e   Denton, George H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e GCI   (United States)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Istorvet ice cap; Late Holocene; Little Ice Age

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DYNAMIC CHANGES; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HOLOCENE VALUES; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; OUT OF PHASE; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEDIMENT CORE; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPANSION; GLACIERS; ICE CONTROL; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPANSION; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LIVERPOOL LAND;

EID: 84873259047     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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