Southwest Greenland shelf glaciation during MIS 4 more extensive than during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig, Kuijpers, Antoon, Olsen, Jesper, Pearce, Christof, Lindblom, Sofia, Ploug, Johan, Przybylo, Piotr, Snowball, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling 2019
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Canada; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Davis Strait; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-397318; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51983-3

Although geological and modelling evidence indicate that the last glacial inception in North America was in NE Canada, little is known about the glacial response of the nearby western Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) during the glacial advance of marine oxygen isotope stage 4 (MIS4). Our multi-proxy study...