Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Abstract A new deglaciation chronology for the ice‐free parts of Greenland, the continental shelf and eastern Ellesmere Island (Canada) is proposed. The chronology is based on a new compilation of all published radiocarbon dates from Greenland, and includes crucial new material from southern, northe...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.670 2024-06-23T07:52:30+00:00 Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet Bennike, Ole Björck, Svante Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland. Danish Natural Science Research Council. Carlsberg Foundation. 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.670 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.670 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.670 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 17, issue 3, page 211-219 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.670 2024-06-04T06:45:40Z Abstract A new deglaciation chronology for the ice‐free parts of Greenland, the continental shelf and eastern Ellesmere Island (Canada) is proposed. The chronology is based on a new compilation of all published radiocarbon dates from Greenland, and includes crucial new material from southern, northeastern and northwestern Greenland. Although each date provides only a minimum age for the local deglaciation, some of the dates come from species that indicate ice‐proximal glaciomarine conditions, and thus may be connected with the actual ice recession. In addition to shell dates, dates from marine algae, lake sediments, peat, terrestrial plants and driftwood also are included. Only offshore and in the far south have secure late‐glacial sediments been found. Other previous reports of late‐glacial sediments (older than 11.5 cal. kyr BP) from onshore parts of Greenland need to be confirmed. Most of the present ice‐free parts of Greenland and Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island were not deglaciated until the early Holocene. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ellesmere Island Greenland Ice Sheet Nares strait Wiley Online Library Algae Lake ENVELOPE(100.791,100.791,-66.306,-66.306) Canada Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Journal of Quaternary Science 17 3 211 219 |
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Abstract A new deglaciation chronology for the ice‐free parts of Greenland, the continental shelf and eastern Ellesmere Island (Canada) is proposed. The chronology is based on a new compilation of all published radiocarbon dates from Greenland, and includes crucial new material from southern, northeastern and northwestern Greenland. Although each date provides only a minimum age for the local deglaciation, some of the dates come from species that indicate ice‐proximal glaciomarine conditions, and thus may be connected with the actual ice recession. In addition to shell dates, dates from marine algae, lake sediments, peat, terrestrial plants and driftwood also are included. Only offshore and in the far south have secure late‐glacial sediments been found. Other previous reports of late‐glacial sediments (older than 11.5 cal. kyr BP) from onshore parts of Greenland need to be confirmed. Most of the present ice‐free parts of Greenland and Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island were not deglaciated until the early Holocene. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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