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Postglacial relative sea-level changes in northwest Iceland: Evidence from isolation basins, coastal lowlands and raised shorelines (2017)
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Brader, M. D., Lloyd, J. M., Barlow, N. L., Norðdahl, H., Bentley, M. J., & Newton, A. J. (2017). Postglacial relative sea-level changes in northwest Iceland: Evidence from isolation basins, coastal lowlands and raised shorelines. Quaternary Science Reviews, 169, 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.022

Relative sea-level (RSL) data provide constraints on land uplift associated with former ice loading and can be used to differentiate between contrasting ice unloading scenarios. Isolation basin, coastal lowland and geomorphological evidence is employ... Read More about Postglacial relative sea-level changes in northwest Iceland: Evidence from isolation basins, coastal lowlands and raised shorelines.

Submarine Landforms and Glacimarine Sedimentary Processes in Lomfjorden, East Spitsbergen (2017)
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Streuff, K., Ó Cofaigh, C., Noormets, R., & Lloyd, J. (2017). Submarine Landforms and Glacimarine Sedimentary Processes in Lomfjorden, East Spitsbergen. Marine Geology, 390, 51-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.04.014

Understanding the role of fjords in modulating the long-term interaction between ice sheets and glaciers with the surrounding ocean requires the investigation of glacigenic landform and sediment archives. In Svalbard, there is a wealth of data from f... Read More about Submarine Landforms and Glacimarine Sedimentary Processes in Lomfjorden, East Spitsbergen.

Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene sea ice and sea surface temperature off West Greenland from the first regional diatom data set (2017)
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Krawczyk, D., Witkowski, A., Moros, M., Lloyd, J., Høyer, J., Miettinen, A., & Kuijpers, A. (2017). Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene sea ice and sea surface temperature off West Greenland from the first regional diatom data set. Paleoceanography, 32(1), 18-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016pa003003

Holocene oceanographic conditions in Disko Bay, West Greenland, were reconstructed from high-resolution diatom records derived from two marine sediment cores. A modern data set composed of 35 dated surface sediment samples collected along the West Gr... Read More about Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene sea ice and sea surface temperature off West Greenland from the first regional diatom data set.

Glacial isostatic adjustment associated with the Barents Sea ice sheet: a modelling inter-comparison (2016)
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Auriac, A., Whitehouse, P., Bentley, M., Patton, H., Lloyd, J., & Hubbard, A. (2016). Glacial isostatic adjustment associated with the Barents Sea ice sheet: a modelling inter-comparison. Quaternary Science Reviews, 147, 122-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.011

The 3D geometrical evolution of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet (BSIS), particularly during its late-glacial retreat phase, remains largely ambiguous due to the paucity of direct marine- and terrestrial-based evidence constraining its horizontal and vertic... Read More about Glacial isostatic adjustment associated with the Barents Sea ice sheet: a modelling inter-comparison.

Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet (2016)
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Rooney, A., Selby, D., Lloyd, J., Roberts, D., Lückge, A., Sageman, B., & Prouty, N. (2016). Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 138, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.021

High-resolution Os isotope stratigraphy can aid in reconstructing Pleistocene ice sheet fluctuation and elucidating the role of local and regional weathering fluxes on the marine Os residence time. This paper presents new Os isotope data from ocean c... Read More about Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet.

Surface and sub-surface multi-proxy reconstruction of middle to late Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Disko Bugt, West Greenland (2015)
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Moros, M., Lloyd, J., Perner, K., Krawczyk, D., Blanz, T., Kuijpers, A., …Jansen, E. (2016). Surface and sub-surface multi-proxy reconstruction of middle to late Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Disko Bugt, West Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 132, 146-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.017

We present new surface water proxy records of meltwater production (alkenone derived), relative sea surface temperature (diatom, alkenones) and sea ice (diatoms) changes from the Disko Bugt area off central West Greenland. We combine these new surfac... Read More about Surface and sub-surface multi-proxy reconstruction of middle to late Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Disko Bugt, West Greenland.

Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex (2015)
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Strzelecki, M., Long, A., & Lloyd, J. (2017). Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 28(1), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1879

We reconstruct the behaviour of a High Arctic gravel-dominated beach complex that has developed in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard, since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). The studied coastal environment in northern Billefjorden (Petuniabukta) is ch... Read More about Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex.

Mid to late Holocene strengthening of the East Greenland Current linked to warm subsurface Atlantic water (2015)
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Perner, K., Moros, M., Lloyd, J., Jansen, E., & Stein, R. (2015). Mid to late Holocene strengthening of the East Greenland Current linked to warm subsurface Atlantic water. Quaternary Science Reviews, 129, 296-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.007

The relatively fresh and cold East Greenland Current (EGC) connects the Arctic with the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Its strength and influence on the freshwater balance in the North Atlantic affects both the Subpolar Gyre dynamics and deep convect... Read More about Mid to late Holocene strengthening of the East Greenland Current linked to warm subsurface Atlantic water.

Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK (2015)
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Hamilton, C., Lloyd, J., Barlow, N., Innes, J., Flecker, R., & Thomas, C. (2015). Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK. Quaternary Research, 84(2), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.07.001

Relative sea-level change (RSL), from the Late Glacial through to the late Holocene, is reconstructed for the Assynt region, northwest Scotland, based on bio- and lithostratigraphical analysis. Four new radiocarbon-dated sea-level index points help c... Read More about Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK.

Lateglacial to Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Stykkishólmur area, northern Snæfellsnes, Iceland (2015)
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Brader, M., Lloyd, J., Bentley, M., & Newton, A. (2015). Lateglacial to Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Stykkishólmur area, northern Snæfellsnes, Iceland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(5), 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2795

Comparatively little research has been undertaken on relative sea-level (RSL) change in western Iceland. This paper presents the results of diatom, tephrochronological and radiocarbon analyses on six isolation basins and two coastal lowland sediment... Read More about Lateglacial to Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Stykkishólmur area, northern Snæfellsnes, Iceland.

Early Holocene large-scale meltwater discharge from Greenland documented by foraminifera and sediment parameters (2013)
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Seidenkrantz, M., Ebbesen, H., Aagaard-Sorensen, S., Moros, M., Lloyd, J., Olsen, J., …Kuijpers, A. (2013). Early Holocene large-scale meltwater discharge from Greenland documented by foraminifera and sediment parameters. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 391(Part A), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.006

Records of foraminiferal assemblages combined with lithological properties (grain size, magnetic parameters and XRF data) of marine sediment cores from West Greenland coastal waters and the adjacent Labrador Sea document widespread early Holocene mel... Read More about Early Holocene large-scale meltwater discharge from Greenland documented by foraminifera and sediment parameters.

A 100-year long record of alkenone-derived SST changes by Southeast Greenland (2013)
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Andresen, C. S., Sicre, M., Straneo, F., Sutherland, D. A., Schmith, T., Hvid Ribergaard, M., …Lloyd, J. M. (2013). A 100-year long record of alkenone-derived SST changes by Southeast Greenland. Continental Shelf Research, 71, 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.003

Sediment core ER07 from Sermilik Fjord by Helheim Glacier in Southeast Greenland was analyzed for alkenones to document sea surface temperature (SST) changes over the past 100 years. The alkenone SST values, ranging from 8 to 12 °C, contrasts with co... Read More about A 100-year long record of alkenone-derived SST changes by Southeast Greenland.

Establishment of modern circulation pattern atc. 6000 cal a BP in Disko Bugt, central West Greenland: opening of the Vaigat Strait (2013)
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Perner, K., Moros, M., Snowball, I., Lloyd, J. M., Kuijpers, A., & Richter, T. (2013). Establishment of modern circulation pattern atc. 6000 cal a BP in Disko Bugt, central West Greenland: opening of the Vaigat Strait. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(5), 480-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2638

Variations in the Holocene circulation of the West Greenland Current (WGC) in the Disko Bugt region have been reconstructed from a suite of sediment cores. Palaeoceanographic proxies include magnetic susceptibility (MS) and X-ray fluorescence titaniu... Read More about Establishment of modern circulation pattern atc. 6000 cal a BP in Disko Bugt, central West Greenland: opening of the Vaigat Strait.

Holocene palaeoceanographic evolution off West Greenland (2013)
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Perner, K., Moros, M., Jennings, A., Lloyd, J., & Knudsen, K. (2013). Holocene palaeoceanographic evolution off West Greenland. Holocene, 23(3), 374-387. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612460785

Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from a core southwest of Disko Bugt provide a Holocene perspective (last ~7 ka BP) on ice-sheet/ocean interactions between the West Greenland Current (WGC) and the West Greenland ice sheet. Changes in the fauna revea... Read More about Holocene palaeoceanographic evolution off West Greenland.

An extensive and dynamic ice sheet on the West Greenland shelf during the last glacial cycle (2013)
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Ó Cofaigh, C., Dowdeswell, J., Jennings, A., Hogan, K., Kilfeather, K., Hiemstra, J., …Moros, M. (2013). An extensive and dynamic ice sheet on the West Greenland shelf during the last glacial cycle. Geology, 41(2), 219-222. https://doi.org/10.1130/g33759.1

Considerable uncertainty surrounds the extent and timing of the advance and retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) on the continental shelf bordering Baffin Bay during the last glacial cycle. Here we use marine geophysical and geological data to sh... Read More about An extensive and dynamic ice sheet on the West Greenland shelf during the last glacial cycle.

A new regional, mid-Holocene palaeoprecipitation signal of the Asian Summer Monsoon (2013)
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Strong, D., Flecker, R., Valdes, P., Wilkinson, I., Rees, J., Michaelides, K., …Pancost, R. (2013). A new regional, mid-Holocene palaeoprecipitation signal of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Quaternary Science Reviews, 78, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.034

The Dongge Cave speleothem δ18O record, which lies in the Pearl River basin (China), has been interpreted as recording a regional decline in Asian Summer Monsoon precipitation over the last 6.5 ka. The same overall trend is seen in the bulk sedimenta... Read More about A new regional, mid-Holocene palaeoprecipitation signal of the Asian Summer Monsoon.

Holocene and Lateglacial relative sea-level change in north-west England: implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models (2013)
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Lloyd, J., Zong, Y., Fish, P., & Innes, J. (2013). Holocene and Lateglacial relative sea-level change in north-west England: implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(1), 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2587

Relative sea-level (RSL) change is reconstructed for central Cumbria, UK, based on litho- and biostratigraphical analysis from the Lateglacial to the late Holocene. The RSL curve is constrained using ten new radiocarbon-dated sea-level index points i... Read More about Holocene and Lateglacial relative sea-level change in north-west England: implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models.