Greenland ice sheet retreat history in the northeast Baffin Bay based on high-resolution bathymetry

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• 作者：Patricia Slabon^a ; ^{Patricia.Slabon@awi.de} ; Boris Dorschel^a ; Wilfried Jokat^a ; ^b ; Reidun Myklebust^c ; Dierk Hebbeln^d ; Catalina Gebhardt^a
• 关键词：Ice-stream retreat ; Grounding-zone wedge ; Ice dome ; Glacial landform ; Greenland ; Baffin Bay ; Melville Bay
• 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：154
• 期：Complete
• 页码：182-198
• 全文大小：9867 K
• 卷排序：154

文摘

Ice streams reached the continental shelf edge through the cross-shelf troughs, presumably during the LGM. Discontinuous ice stream retreat of the Northwest Greenland ice sheet. Grounding zone wedge complexes formed in mid-shelf position. Final ice stream retreat within the cross-shelf troughs occurred before 8.41 ka BP. Small ice streams occur on inter-trough banks.