Data from: Rates and processes of aeolian soil erosion in West Greenland

• Main Authors: Heindel, Ruth C., Culler, Lauren E., Virginia, Ross A., Heindel, Ruth C, Culler, Lauren E, Virginia, Ross A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) 2017
• Subjects: Life sciences; medicine and health care; Late Holocene; deflation; erosion rate; Little Ice Age; Holocene; lichenometry; aeolian erosion; Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; envir; geo; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v82g6

In arid landscapes across the globe, aeolian processes are key drivers of landscape change, but arid Arctic regions are often overlooked. In the Kangerlussuaq region of West Greenland, strong katabatic winds have removed discrete patches of soil and vegetation, exposing unproductive glacial till and...