The most extensive Holocene advance in the Stauning Alper, East Greenland, occurred in the Little Ice Age

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hall, Brenda L., Baroni, Carlo, Denton, George H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: Greenland; Stauning Alper; Arctic; East Greenland; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2878; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i2.6171

We present glacial geologic and chronologic data concerning the Holocene ice extent in the Stauning Alper of East Greenland. The retreat of ice from the late-glacial position back into the mountains was accomplished by at least 11 000 cal years B.P. The only recorded advance after this time occurred...