Early break-up of the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Main Authors: Svendsen, John Inge, Briner, Jason P., Mangerud, Jan, Young, Nicolas E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2015
• Subjects: Glaciers; Cosmogenic nuclides; Paleoclimatology; Geochemistry; Geomorphology; Norway; Utsira; Open Bay; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8p26xjj; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8P26XJJ

We present 18 new cosmogenic ¹⁰Be exposure ages that constrain the breakup time of the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream (NCIS) and the initial retreat of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet from the Southwest coast of Norway following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Seven samples from glacially transported errat...