Nature Communications (Jan 2016)
Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate glaciation
- Martin Jakobsson,
- Johan Nilsson,
- Leif Anderson,
- Jan Backman,
- Göran Björk,
- Thomas M. Cronin,
- Nina Kirchner,
- Andrey Koshurnikov,
- Larry Mayer,
- Riko Noormets,
- Matthew O’Regan,
- Christian Stranne,
- Roman Ananiev,
- Natalia Barrientos Macho,
- Denis Cherniykh,
- Helen Coxall,
- Björn Eriksson,
- Tom Flodén,
- Laura Gemery,
- Örjan Gustafsson,
- Kevin Jerram,
- Carina Johansson,
- Alexey Khortov,
- Rezwan Mohammad,
- Igor Semiletov
Affiliations
- Martin Jakobsson
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Johan Nilsson
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University
- Leif Anderson
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- Jan Backman
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Göran Björk
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- Thomas M. Cronin
- US Geological Survey Reston
- Nina Kirchner
- Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
- Andrey Koshurnikov
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Larry Mayer
- Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
- Riko Noormets
- UNIS - The University Centre in Svalbard
- Matthew O’Regan
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Christian Stranne
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Roman Ananiev
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Natalia Barrientos Macho
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Denis Cherniykh
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Helen Coxall
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Björn Eriksson
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Tom Flodén
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Laura Gemery
- US Geological Survey Reston
- Örjan Gustafsson
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University
- Kevin Jerram
- Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
- Carina Johansson
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Alexey Khortov
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Rezwan Mohammad
- Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
- Igor Semiletov
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10365
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The development of pan-Arctic Ocean ice shelves during peak glacials was proposed in the 1970s, an idea that has been disputed due to lack of evidence. Here, the authors present geophysical mapping data supporting the presence of such an ice shelf during the peak of the penultimate glaciation ∼140–160 ka.
