Holocene evolution of the western Greenland Ice Sheet: Assessing geophysical ice-sheet models with geological reconstructions of ice-margin change

• Main Authors: Young, Nicolas E., Briner, Jason P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Ice sheets > Measurement; Paleoclimatology; Ice sheets > Mathematical models; Climatic changes; Geophysics; Geomorphology; Geology; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Isfjord; Melville Bugt; Jakobshavn Isfjord; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Melville bugt; Narsarsuaq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D80P0ZDW

Geophysical ice-sheet models are used to predict future ice-sheet dimensions and, in turn, these projections help estimate the magnitude of eustatic sea-level rise. Before models can confidently predict ice-sheet behavior, they must be validated by being able to duplicate the geological record of ic...