Deglaciation and catchment ontogeny in south-west Greenland : implications for terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycling

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Leng, Melanie J., Wagner, Bernd, Anderson, N. John, Bennike, Ole, Woodley, Ewan, Kemp, Simon J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Greenland; Sisimiut; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19539/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.v27.6/issuetoc

Here we present Holocene organic carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, carbon isotope ratio and macrofossil data from a small freshwater lake near Sisimiut in south-west Greenland. The lake was formed c. 11 cal ka BP following retreat of the ice sheet margin and is located above the marine limit in this area....