Ice-dammed lake and ice-margin evolution during the Holocene in the Kangerlussuaq area of west Greenland

• Main Authors: Carrivick, JL, Yde, JC, Knudsen, NT, Kronborg, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Dammed Lake; Isunnguata Sermia; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; glacier
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/135322/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/135322/2/_05___09___2018_Ice-dammed.pdf

There is a lack of detailed information on the Holocene evolution of the west Greenland ice margin, not least because it was farther inland than at present and thus at present is covered by ice. Suggestions have been put forward, both of relatively quick ice-margin retreat and of relatively stable i...