Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

East Greenland ice core dust record reveals timing of Greenland ice sheet advance and retreat

  • Marius Folden Simonsen,
  • Giovanni Baccolo,
  • Thomas Blunier,
  • Alejandra Borunda,
  • Barbara Delmonte,
  • Robert Frei,
  • Steven Goldstein,
  • Aslak Grinsted,
  • Helle Astrid Kjær,
  • Todd Sowers,
  • Anders Svensson,
  • Bo Vinther,
  • Diana Vladimirova,
  • Gisela Winckler,
  • Mai Winstrup,
  • Paul Vallelonga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12546-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Accurate measurements of the past extent of the Greenland ice sheet are crucial to understand its response to changing climate conditions. Here, the authors present a dust record from an ice core from the east coast of Greenland to provide detailed time constraints on ice sheet advance and retreat over the last interglacials.