Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

One million years of glaciation and denudation history in west Greenland

  • Astrid Strunk,
  • Mads Faurschou Knudsen,
  • David L. Egholm,
  • John D. Jansen,
  • Laura B. Levy,
  • Bo H. Jacobsen,
  • Nicolaj K. Larsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Erosion rates and ice cover extent of present day fjords and summit plateau landscapes beyond the last deglaciation are virtually unknown. Here, the authors constrain the long-term denudation rates and glaciation history in west Greenland based on cosmogenic nuclides.