7700 Years of Holocene Climatic Variability in Sermilik Valley, Southeast Greenland Inferred From Lake Sediments

• Main Author: Davin, Samuel H
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2013
• Subjects: climate; holocene; lake sediments; sedimentology; geochemistry; biogenic silica; Biogeochemistry; Earth Sciences; Geology; Glaciology; Paleobiology; Greenland; Sermilik Valley; Ammassalik; Sermilik
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1031; https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2198&context=theses

During the latter half of the 20th century until present day there has been an unprecedented rise in global annual mean temperatures accompanied by rising sea levels and a decrease in Northern Hemisphere snow cover, which if it continues will lead to widespread disruption of climate patterns, ecosys...