A comparison between multiproxy and historical data (ad 1990-1840) of drift ice conditions on the East Greenland Shelf (~66°N)

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1672-1683

  Alonso García, Montserrat ^a   Andrews, John T ^b   Belt, Simon T ^c   Cabedo Sanz, Patricia ^c   Darby, Dennis ^d   Jaeger, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Fe oxides; historical records; ice rafted debris; last 150 years; sea ice biomarkers; x ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CALCITE; DATA SET; ICE DRIFT; INSTRUMENTATION; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD;

EID: 84888616708     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613505343     Document Type: Article

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