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Calibrated relative sea levels constrain isostatic adjustment and ice history in northwest Greenland
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2022 (English)In: Quaternary Science Reviews, ISSN 0277-3791, E-ISSN 1873-457X, Vol. 293, article id 107700Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Relative Sea Levels (RSLs) derived primarily from marine bivalves near Petermann Glacier, NW Greenland, constrain past regional ice-mass changes through glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modeling. Oxygen isotopes measured on bivalves corrected for shell-depth habitat and document changing meltwater input. Rapid RSL fall of up to 62 m/kyr indicates ice loss at or prior to ∼9 ka. Transition to an RSL stillstand starting at ∼6 ka reflects renewed ice-mass loading followed by further mass loss over the past few millennia. GIA simulations of rapid early RSL fall suggest a low regional upper-mantle viscosity. Early loss of grounded ice tracks atmospheric warming and pre-dates the eventual collapse of Petermann Glacier's floating ice tongue near ∼7 ka, suggesting grounding zone stabilization during early phases of deglaciation. We hypothesize mid-Holocene regrowth of regional ice caps in response to cooling and increased precipitation, following loss of the floating shelf ice. Remnants of these ice caps remain present but are now melting.

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2022. Vol. 293, article id 107700
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Relative sea-level, Glacio-isostatic adjustment, Bivalves, Petermann glacier, Holocene thermal maximum, Sea level index points
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
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SWEDARCTIC 2015, Petermann 2015; SWEDARCTIC 2019, Ryder 2019
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URN: urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-8966DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107700ISI: 000860292000004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:polar-8966DiVA, id: diva2:1724871
Available from: 2022-11-09 Created: 2023-01-09Bibliographically approved

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