Four North American glaciers advanced past their modern positions thousands of years apart in the Holocene

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Jones, Andrew G., Marcott, Shaun A., Gorin, Andrew L., Kennedy, Tori M., Shakun, Jeremy D., Goehring, Brent M., Menounos, Brian, Clark, Douglas H., Romero, Matias, Caffee, Marc W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Canada; Juneau Icefield; glacier*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5459-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00070724; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00069060/tc-17-5459-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/5459/2023/tc-17-5459-2023.pdf

There is unambiguous evidence that glaciers have retreated from their 19th century positions, but it is less clear how far glaciers have retreated relative to their long-term Holocene fluctuations. Glaciers in western North America are thought to have advanced from minimum positions in the Early Hol...