Rapid ice retreat in Disko Bugt supported by 10Be dating of the last recession of the western Greenland Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-22

  Kelley, Samuel E ^a   Briner, Jason P ^a   Young, Nicolás E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be dating; Disko Bugt; Greenland Ice Sheet; Ice dynamics; Retreat rates

Indexed keywords

10BE DATING; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DISKO BUGT; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; WARMING CLIMATE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF BREAK;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84886631846     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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