Rapid early Holocene ice retreat in West Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 310-323

  Larsen, Nicolaj K ^a   Funder, Svend ^b   Kjær, Kurt H ^b   Kjeldsen, Kristian K ^b   Knudsen, Mads F ^a   Linge, Henriette ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic surface exposure dating; Early Holocene; Greenland ice sheet; Ice retreat

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

EARLY HOLOCENE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RADIOCARBON AGE; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL;

GLACIERS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; FJORD; GLACIAL EROSION; GRIP; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WARMING;

ARCTIC; BUKSEFJORD; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SERMILIK; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84900416887     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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