Greenland was nearly ice-free for extended periods during the Pleistocene

Joerg M. Schaefer (), Robert C. Finkel, Greg Balco, Richard B. Alley, Marc W. Caffee, Jason P. Briner, Nicolas E. Young, Anthony J. Gow and Roseanne Schwartz
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Joerg M. Schaefer: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry
Robert C. Finkel: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry
Greg Balco: Berkeley
Richard B. Alley: Pennsylvania State University
Marc W. Caffee: Purdue University
Jason P. Briner: University at Buffalo
Nicolas E. Young: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry
Anthony J. Gow: US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Roseanne Schwartz: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7632, 252-255

Abstract: Measurements of cosmic-ray-produced 10Be and 26Al in a bedrock core from beneath the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet show that Greenland was nearly ice-free for extended periods under Pleistocene climate forcing.

Date: 2016
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