Melt in the Greenland EastGRIP ice core reveals Holocene warm events

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: J. Westhoff, G. Sinnl, A. Svensson, J. Freitag, H. A. Kjær, P. Vallelonga, B. Vinther, S. Kipfstuhl, D. Dahl-Jensen, I. Weikusat
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Greenland; Broad Peak; East Greenland; East Greenland Ice-core Project; Greenland ice core; Greenland Ice core Project; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1011-2022; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/18/1011/2022/cp-18-1011-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/8c34ef5d0f244cb588c448c6172a4300

We present a record of melt events obtained from the East Greenland Ice Core Project (EastGRIP) ice core in central northeastern Greenland, covering the largest part of the Holocene. The data were acquired visually using an optical dark-field line scanner. We detect and describe melt layers and lens...