The Deglacial History and Paleoceanography of the Umanak System, West Greenland

• Main Author: Sheldon, Christina M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2012
• Subjects: Foraminifera; Greenland Ice Sheet; Last Glacial Maximum; Umanak; West Greenland Current; Climate; Geology; Other Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Greenland; Uis; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geol_gradetds/63; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=geol_gradetds

A record of the ice-stream history and paleoclimate of the Greenland Ice Sheet is preserved in the sediments of the Umanak System in West Greenland. This thesis documents the timing of ice retreat and the role that the West Greenland Current (WGC) played during deglaciation. Sediment cores taken alo...