Late Holocene glacier and climate fluctuations in the Mackenzie and Selwyn mountain ranges, northwestern Canada

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. C. Hawkins, B. Menounos, B. M. Goehring, G. Osborn, B. M. Pelto, C. M. Darvill, J. M. Schaefer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Canada; Selwyn; glacier*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4381-2023; https://doaj.org/article/65934c3ad0be4edcb52a531b2f009fe2

Over the last century, northwestern Canada experienced some of the highest rates of tropospheric warming globally, which caused glaciers in the region to rapidly retreat. Our study seeks to extend the record of glacier fluctuations and assess climate drivers prior to the instrumental record in the M...