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Abstract

The lack of geological constraints on past ice-sheet change in marine-based sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) following the Last Glacial Maximum limits our ability to assess (1) the drivers of ice-sheet change, and (2) the performance of ice-sheet models that are benchmarked against the paleo-record of GrIS change. Here, we provide new in situ10Be surface exposure chronologies of ice-sheet margin retreat from the outer Scoresby Sund and Storstrømmen Glacier regions in eastern and northeastern Greenland, respectively. Ice retreated from Rathbone Island, east of Scoresby Sund, by ∼ 14.1 ka, recording some of the earliest documentations of terrestrial deglaciation in Greenland. The mouth of Scoresby Sund deglaciated by ∼ 13.2 ka, and retreated at an average rate of ∼ 43 m yr-1 between 13.2 and 9.7 ka. Storstrømmen Glacier retreated from the outer coast to within ∼ 3 km of the modern ice margin between ∼ 12.7 and 8.6 ka at an average rate of ∼ 28 m yr-1. Retreat then slowed or reached a stillstand as ice retreated ∼ 3 km between ∼ 8.6 ka to the modern ice margin at ∼ 8.0 ka. These retreat rates are consistent with late glacial and Holocene estimates for marine-terminating outlet glaciers across East Greenland, and comparable to modern retreat rates observed at the largest ice streams in northeastern, and northwestern Greenland.

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Publication Date

11-18-2025

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Publisher Copyright: © Copyright 2025 Jacob T. H. Anderson et al.

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10.5194/cp-21-2263-2025

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