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Pleistocene Glaciations of the Arctic

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Christine BatchelorORCiD

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Abstract

The glacial history of the Arctic can be reconstructed from the analysis of preserved glacial sediments and landforms, together with the development of robust chronostratigraphic frameworks. This chapter presents a summary of the changing extent of ice sheets across Arctic-fringing continental margins—from their initial expansion during the latest Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, through a phase of ice-sheet expansion in the Middle Pleistocene, to the comparatively well-constrained glaciations of the Late Pleistocene. Spatial and temporal patterns of ice-sheet growth and decay are considered in relation to variations in solar insolation and regional ice-ocean-atmosphere feedbacks.

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Author(s): Batchelor CL

Publication type: Book Chapter

Publication status: Published

Book Title: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Year: 2024

Volume: 2

Pages: 711-722

Online publication date: 18/09/2024

Acceptance date: 18/06/2024

Edition: 3

Series Title: Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00167-7

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00167-7

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ISBN: 9780443299971

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