Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3933-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3933-2022
Research article
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04 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 04 Oct 2022

Drill-site selection for cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating of the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Jason P. Briner, Caleb K. Walcott, Joerg M. Schaefer, Nicolás E. Young, Joseph A. MacGregor, Kristin Poinar, Benjamin A. Keisling, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Mary R. Albert, Tanner Kuhl, and Grant Boeckmann

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The 7.4 m of sea level equivalent stored as Greenland ice is getting smaller every year. The uncertain trajectory of ice loss could be better understood with knowledge of the ice sheet's response to past climate change. Within the bedrock below the present-day ice sheet is an archive of past ice-sheet history. We analyze all available data from Greenland to create maps showing where on the ice sheet scientists can drill, using currently available drills, to obtain sub-ice materials.