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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1011-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1011-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
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10 May 2022
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Melt in the Greenland EastGRIP ice core reveals Holocene warm events

Julien Westhoff, Giulia Sinnl, Anders Svensson, Johannes Freitag, Helle Astrid Kjær, Paul Vallelonga, Bo Vinther, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Ilka Weikusat

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Melt Events and other Bubble-free Features in the EastGRIP Ice Core Julien Westhoff, Giulia Sinnl, Anders Svensson, Johannes Freitag, Helle Astrid Kjær, Paul Vallelonga, Bo Vinther, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Ilka Weikusat https://doi.org/10.17894/ucph.077bc500-a5b1-4284-84ce-8b3be80010c5

Visual stratigraphy of the EastGRIP ice core (14 m-2021 m depth, drilling period 2017-2019) Ilka Weikusat, Julien Westhoff, Sepp Kipfstuhl, and Daniela Jansen https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.925014

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Scientific Paper - Melt in the Greenland EastGRIP ice core reveals Holocene warm events Julien Westhoff https://youtu.be/IJmdWrzhc9U

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We present a melt event record from an ice core from central Greenland, which covers the past 10 000 years. Our record displays warm summer events, which can be used to enhance our understanding of the past climate. We compare our data to anomalies in tree ring width, which also represents summer temperatures, and find a good correlation. Furthermore, we investigate an outstandingly warm event in the year 986 AD or 991 AD, which has not been analyzed before.
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