scholarly journals Neoglacial change of ice cover and the related response of the Earth's crust in West Greenland

1993 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
A Weidick
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Exact Data ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Related Response ◽  
Inland Ice

The cooling trends of Neoglacial time caused re-formation of minor local glaciers and expansion of the Inland Ice margin. A consequence of this glacial reactivation in West Greenland was the conversion of an early Holocene glacio-isostatic emergence to Neoglacial submergence. Although the major trends of fluctuations of ice margins and relative sea level have been studied over a long time, exact data on the spatial distribution of Neoglacial changes of glacier load and relative sea level are still sparse. Present information points to a major conversion from emergence to submergence between 1000 and 3000 B.P., depending on location and the effect of superimposed secondary oscillations.

New observations on the relative sea level and deglacial history of Greenland from Innaarsuit, Disko Bugt

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony J. Long ◽  
David H. Roberts ◽  
Morten Rasch
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
The South ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Site ◽  
Marine Embayment

AbstractRelative sea level (RSL) data derived from isolation basins at Innaarsuit, a site on the south shores of the large marine embayment of Disko Bugt, West Greenland, record rapid RSL fall from the marine limit (ca. 108 m) at 10,300–9900 cal yr B.P. to reach the present sea level at 3500 cal yr B.P. Since 2000 cal yr B.P., RSL rose ca. 3 m to the present. When compared with data from elsewhere in Disko Bugt, our results suggest that the embayment was deglaciated later and more quickly than previously thought, at or slightly before 10,300 cal yr B.P. The northern part of Disko Bugt experienced less rebound (ca. 10 m at 6000 cal yr B.P.) compared with areas to the south. Submergence during the late Holocene supports a model of crustal down-warping as a result of renewed ice-sheet growth during the neoglacial. There is little evidence for west to east differences in crustal rebound across the southern shores of Disko Bugt.

Holocene relative sea levels and coastal changes in the lower Cree valley and estuary, SW Scotland, U.K.

2002 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Smith ◽  
J. M. Wells ◽  
T. M. Mighall ◽  
R. A. Cullingford ◽  
L. K. Holloway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Coastal Geomorphology ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Coastal Changes

ABSTRACTChanges in Holocene (Flandrian) relative sea levels and coastal geomorphology in the lower Cree valley and estuary, SW Scotland, are inferred from detailed morphological and stratigraphical investigations. A graph of relative sea level changes is proposed for the area. Rising relative sea levels during the early Holocene were interrupted at c. 8300–8600 14C years B.P.(c. 9400–9900 calibrated years B.P.), when an extensive estuarine surface was reached at c. −1 m O.D., after which a fluctuating rise culminated at c. 6100–6500 14C B.P. (c. 7000–7500 calibrated years B.P.) in a prominent shoreline and associated estuarine surface measured at 7·7–10·3 m O.D. A subsequent fall in relative sea level was followed by a rise to a shoreline at 7·8–10·1 m O.D., exceeding or reoccupying the earlier shoreline over much of the area after c. 5000 14C B.P. (c. 5,800 calibrated years B.P.), before relative sea level fell to a later shoreline, reached after c. 2900 14C B.P. (c. 3100 calibrated years B.P.) at 5·5–8·0 m O.D., following which relative sea levels fell, ultimately reaching present levels. During these changes, a particular feature of the coastline was the development of a number of barrier systems. The relative sea level changes identified are compared with changes elsewhere in SW Scotland and their wider context is briefly considered.

scholarly journals Century-scale relative sea-level changes in West Greenland — A plausibility study to assess contributions from the cryosphere and the ocean

2012 ◽  
Vol 315-316 ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M. Wake ◽  
G.A. Milne ◽  
A.J. Long ◽  
S.A. Woodroffe ◽  
M.J.R. Simpson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
West Greenland

scholarly journals Relative sea level change in west Greenland during the last millennium

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 367-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony J. Long ◽  
Sarah A. Woodroffe ◽  
Glenn A. Milne ◽  
Charlotte L. Bryant ◽  
Leanne M. Wake
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Change ◽  
Last Millennium ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Level Change

scholarly journals Early Holocene sea-level changes in Øresund, southern Scandinavia

1969 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Ole Bennike ◽  
Martin Skov Andreasen ◽  
Jørn Bo Jensen ◽  
Matthias Moros ◽  
Nanna Noe-Nygaard
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The North ◽  
Global Sea Level ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Water Depths

The Baltic Sea and Kattegat are connected via three straits: Storebælt, Lillebælt and Øresund (Fig. 1). Øresund is the shallowest with a threshold around 7 m deep and increasing water depths to the north (Fig. 2). In the early Holocene, global sea-level rise led to reflooding of Øresund. It started in northern Øresund which was transformed into a fjord. However, so far the timing of the transgression has not been well determined, but sediment cores collected north of the threshold, at water depths of 12 to 20 m, and a new series of radiocarbon ages help to constrain this. As the relative sea level continued to rise, the threshold in Øresund was also flooded, and Øresund became a strait. In mid-Holocene time, the relative sea level rose until it was 4–5 m higher than at present, and low-lying areas around Øresund became small fjords. During the late Holocene, the relative sea level fell again. Part of the data set discussed here was presented by Andreasen (2005).

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