Holocene mountain glacier variability in the Sukkertoppen region, western Greenland

Authors

Avriel Schweinsberg¹ , Jason Briner² , Gifford Miller³ , Alia Lesnek² , Nathaniel Lifton⁴ , Siobhan Clements²

1. University of New Hampshire
2. University at Buffalo
3. University of Colorado, Boulder
4. Purdue University

Conference / event

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2016 (San Francisco, CA, United States)

Poster summary

Using a multi-proxy approach (lake sediment analysis, exposure dating (10Be and in situ 14C) and radiocarbon dating), we reconstruct local glacier change through the Holocene in the Sukkertoppen region of West Greenland.

Keywords

mountain glacier, Holocene climate, lake sediment, burial dating, snowline

Research areas

Earth Sciences

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Funding

1. National Science Foundation (No. ARC-1204005)

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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