Ice-dammed lake and ice-margin evolution during the Holocene in the Kangerlussuaq area of west Greenland

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Jonathan L. Carrivick, Jacob C. Yde, Niels Tvis Knudsen, Christian Kronborg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: arctic; glacier; proglacial; ice sheet; meltwater; geo; envir; Arctic; Dammed Lake; Greenland; Isunnguata Sermia; Kangerlussuaq; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2017.1420854; https://doaj.org/article/e6daed371a224f8a89fb78cf149da32e

There is a lack of detailed information on the Holocene evolution of the west Greenland ice margin, not least because it was farther inland than at present and thus at present is covered by ice. Suggestions have been put forward, both of relatively quick ice-margin retreat and of relatively stable i...