The deglaciation and neoglaciation of upernavik isstrøm, greenland

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-467

  Briner, Jason P ^a   Håkansson, Lena ^b,c,d   Bennike, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Be dating; Greenland Ice Sheet; Holocene; Lake sediments; Little Ice Age; Upernavik Isstr m

Indexed keywords

ABLATION MECHANISMS; EARLY HOLOCENE; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HOLOCENES; ICE-SHEET MODELS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST MILLENNIUMS; LITTLE ICE AGE;

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

ICE;

BERYLLIUM; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MELVILLE BAY;

EID: 84887029827     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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