Timing and magnitude of early to middle Holocene warming in East Greenland inferred from chironomids

• Main Authors: Axford, Yarrow, Levy, Laura, Kelly, Meredith, Francis, Donna, Hall, Brenda, Langdon, Peter, Lowell, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Renland; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund; East Greenland; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/407641/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/407641/1/Axford_et_al_Boreas_accepted_Feb_2017.pdf

Much of Greenland experienced summers warmer than present during parts of the early to middle Holocene, during a precession-driven positive anomaly in summer insolation. However, the magnitude of that warmth remains poorly known, and its timing and spatial pattern are uncertain. Here we describe the...