Greenland Ice Sheet through the Ages (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Greenland Ice Sheet through the Ages

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This is a cross-section of the age of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Layers determined to be from the Holocene period, formed during the past 11,700 years, are shown in green. Layers accumulated during the last ice age, from 11,700 to 115,000 years ago, are shown in blue. Layers from the Eemian period, more than 115,000 years old, are shown in red. Regions of unknown age are gray.

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