Southwest Greenland shelf glaciation during MIS 4 more extensive than during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig, Kuijpers, Antoon, Olsen, Jesper, Pearce, Christof, Lindblom, Sofia, Ploug, Johan, Przybyło, Piotr, Snowball, Ian
• Other Authors: Det Frie Forskningsråd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Canada; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Davis Strait; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51983-3; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51983-3.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51983-3

Abstract Although geological and modelling evidence indicate that the last glacial inception in North America was in NE Canada, little is known about the glacial response of the nearby western Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) during the glacial advance of marine oxygen isotope stage 4 (MIS4). Our multi-pro...