Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Bennike, O, Björck, Svante
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2002
• Subjects: Geology; Last; holocene; quaternary; C-14 dating; deglaciation; Greenland; Glacial Maximum; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Nares; Algae Lake; Ice Sheet; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/334113; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.670

A new deglaciation chronology for the ice-free parts of Greenland, the continental shelf and eastern Ellesmere Island (Canada) is proposed. The chronology is based on a new compilation of all published radiocarbon dates from Greenland, and includes crucial new material from southern, northeastern an...