
Charlotte Sparrenbom
Universitetslektor

Dating of the Narssarssuaq stade in southern Greenland
Författare
Summary, in English
Following the Holocene thermal maximum, the Greenland ice sheet began to expand, and many local glaciers formed. The maximum extent of most outlet glaciers from the Inland Ice was reached around 100 to 200 years ago. However, some exceptions have been recorded. In southern Greenland, the Neoglacial Narssarssuaq stade marks an older re-advance that exceeded the historical advance. The dating of the Narssarssuaq stade has been much debated. Here we present new radiocarbon dates from a sediment core collected from a small lake within the moraines formed during this stade. A minimum age for the Narssarssuaq stade of around 1200 yr BP is suggested from the dates.
Avdelning/ar
- Kvartärgeologi
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
279-282
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
The Holocene
Volym
17
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Geology
Nyckelord
- glacier variations
- sheet
- ice
- Greenland
- Narssarssuaq
- Narssarssuaq stade
- Holocene
- Neoglacial
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0959-6836