Western Greenland ice sheet retreat history reveals elevated precipitation during the Holocene thermal maximum

<p>We investigate changing precipitation patterns in the Kangerlussuaq region of western central Greenland during the Holocene thermal maximum (HTM), using a new chronology of ice sheet terminus position through the Holocene and a novel inverse modeling approach based on the unscented transfor...

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Main Authors: J. Downs, J. Johnson, J. Briner, N. Young, A. Lesnek, J. Cuzzone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/14/1121/2020/tc-14-1121-2020.pdf