Nature Communications (May 2018)

The Holocene retreat dynamics and stability of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland

  • Martin Jakobsson,
  • Kelly A. Hogan,
  • Larry A. Mayer,
  • Alan Mix,
  • Anne Jennings,
  • Joe Stoner,
  • Björn Eriksson,
  • Kevin Jerram,
  • Rezwan Mohammad,
  • Christof Pearce,
  • Brendan Reilly,
  • Christian Stranne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04573-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Submarine glacial landforms are used to reconstruct the Holocene retreat dynamics and stability of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland. Here, a large grounding-zone wedge at the mouth of Petermann fjord indicates a period of glacier stability, with final retreat likely driven by marine ice cliff instability.