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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1991-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1991-2018
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18 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2018

Deglacial to postglacial history of Nares Strait, Northwest Greenland: a marine perspective from Kane Basin

Eleanor Georgiadis, Jacques Giraudeau, Philippe Martinez, Patrick Lajeunesse, Guillaume St-Onge, Sabine Schmidt, and Guillaume Massé

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We present our results from a radiocarbon-dated core collected in central Nares Strait, NW Greenland. Sedimentological and geochemical data reveal that marine sedimentation began ca. 9.0 cal ka BP with the complete opening of the strait occurring at 8.3 cal ka BP. The collapse of the glacial buttress in central Nares Strait led to accelerated glacial fluxes of the bordering ice sheets between 8.3 and 7.5 cal ka BP, while the Humboldt Glacier retreated in eastern Kane Basin ca. 8.1 cal ka BP.