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Charlotte Sparrenbom

Charlotte Sparrenbom

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Charlotte Sparrenbom

Dating of the Narssarssuaq stade in southern Greenland

Author

  • Ole Bennike
  • Charlotte Sparrenbom

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.

Department/s

  • Quaternary Sciences

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

279-282

Publication/Series

The Holocene

Volume

17

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Geology

Keywords

  • glacier variations
  • sheet
  • ice
  • Greenland
  • Narssarssuaq
  • Narssarssuaq stade
  • Holocene
  • Neoglacial

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0959-6836