Holocene history of the 79° N ice shelf reconstructed from epishelf lake and uplifted glaciomarine sediments

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Smith, James A., Callard, Louise, Bentley, Michael J., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Sánchez-Montes, Maria Luisa, Lane, Timothy P., Lloyd, Jeremy M., McClymont, Erin L., Darvill, Christopher M., Rea, Brice R., O'Cofaigh, Colm, Gulliver, Pauline, Ehrmann, Werner, Jones, Richard S., Roberts, David H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Blåsø; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1247-2023; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/1247/2023/

Nioghalvfjerdsbrae, or 79 ∘ N Glacier, is the largest marine-terminating glacier draining the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). In recent years, its ∼ 70 km long fringing ice shelf (hereafter referred to as the 79 ∘ N ice shelf) has thinned, and a number of small calving events highlight its s...