Growth and decay of the Iceland Ice Sheet through the last glacial cycle

Goffin, Alexis Arturo; Tarasov, Lev; Benediktsson, Ívar Örn; Licciardi, Joseph M.

doi:10.5194/cp-22-825-2026

Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-825-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-825-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

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Growth and decay of the Iceland Ice Sheet through the last glacial cycle

Alexis Arturo Goffin, Lev Tarasov, Ívar Örn Benediktsson, and Joseph M. Licciardi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-825-2026-supplement

Data sets

Iceland ice sheet paleo-constraint database A. A. Goffin, L. Tarasov, Í. Ö. Benediktsson, and J. Licciardi, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19453940

Model code and software

The glacial systems model (GSM) Version 25G, code archive L. Tarasov, B. S. Lecavalier, K. Hank, and D. Pollard https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17364330

Editorial statement

The expansion of the glacial ice shield on Iceland and its lateral expansion is a big unknown in paleoclimate and paleoceanography. Its expansion into the Denmark Strait region has major implication on the water mass exchange across the Strait, in particular for the outlfow of Denmark Strait Overflow Water. This modeling study is bringing exciting new insights and constrains on the behavior of the Iceland ice cap throughout the last glacial cycle.