The effect of a Holocene climatic optimum on the evolution of the Greenland ice sheet during the last 10 kyr

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Nielsen, Lisbeth T., Adalgeirsdottir, Gudfinna, Gkinis, Vasileios, Nuterman, Roman, Hvidberg, Christine S.
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute 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: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
• Subjects: Ice core; Ice-sheet modelling; Paleoclimate; Jöklarannsóknir; Nýlífsöld; Loftslagsrannsóknir; Grænland; Brice; Greenland; GRIP; ice core; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/887; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.40

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) The Holocene climatic optimum was a period 8–5 kyr ago when annual mean surface temperatures in Greenland were 2–3°C warmer than present-day values. However, this warming left little imprint on commonly used temperature proxies often used to derive the climat...