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West Greenland Current

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Source: Llyod, J., Kuijpers, A., Long, A., Moros, M., and Park, L. 2007. Foraminiferal reconstruction of mid- to late Holocene ocean circulation and climate variability in Disko, Bugt, West Greenland. The Holocene: 17:
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According to Lloyd et al., 2007, the WGC is a WARM current connected to a broader scale North Atlantic climate via the combined influences of Atlantic water from the
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Andresen, Camilla S.; McCarthy, David J.; Dylmer, Christian Valdemar; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Kuijpers, Antoon; Lloyd, Jerry M. (September 27, 2010).
894: 951: 970: 975: 990: 887: 944: 51:. The current results from the movement of water flowing around the southernmost point of Greenland caused by the 985: 249: 649: 880: 789: 191:"Interaction between subsurface ocean waters and calving of the Jakobshavn Isbræ during the late Holocene" 937: 794: 779: 784: 578: 482: 81: 801: 628: 613: 608: 522: 512: 451: 441: 421: 84:. The increased flow from the nearby East Greenland Current was associated with increased glacial 749: 573: 568: 527: 477: 300: 73: 925: 868: 588: 492: 487: 472: 436: 411: 361: 285: 52: 35:, leaves the western coast of Greenland free from ice, making it suitable for human settlements 980: 618: 331: 159: 134: 416: 366: 8: 693: 688: 290: 242: 93: 820: 703: 698: 553: 507: 502: 213: 683: 593: 426: 401: 356: 351: 295: 144: 89: 217: 754: 603: 598: 583: 563: 558: 548: 431: 396: 391: 371: 336: 321: 205: 129: 65: 59: 764: 623: 497: 467: 376: 85: 16:
Weak cold water current that flows to the north along the west coast of Greenland
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and near-bottom temperatures occurred throughout the Late
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Disko Island
current
Greenland
East Greenland Current
Irminger Current
Paleoclimatology
foraminifera
subsurface temperatures
Holocene
Holocene climatic optimum
iceberg calving
Jakobshavn Isbrae
Greenland Ice Sheet
Neoglaciation
ice tongue
icon
Oceans portal
Labrador Current
Baffin Island Current
Gulf Stream
Jakobshavn Isbrae
Ocean current
Oceanic gyres
Physical oceanography
"Interaction between subsurface ocean waters and calving of the Jakobshavn Isbræ during the late Holocene"
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10.1177/0959683610378877
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