Tracking Holocene drift-ice limits on the northwest–southwest Iceland shelf: Comparing proxy data with observation and historical evidence

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Andrews, John Thomas, Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg, Geirsdóttir, Áslaug
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Limited 2019
• Subjects: Drift ice; Holocene; Icebergs; Iceland; Quartz weight percent; Sea ice; Hafís; Rekís; Nýlífsöld; Kvars; Djúpáll; Húnaflói; Jennings; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2049; https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1592648

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) We detail variations in the weight percent (wt%) of quartz, a proxy for drift ice, in fifteen marine sediment cores from the northwest, west, and southwest Iceland shelf throughout the past 10 cal ka BP. We present the first map of iceberg distributions in Ic...