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Advance of the Greenland Ice Sheet on to north-eastern Ellesmere Island

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GEOLOGICAL evidence suggests that an important restricted ice advance occurred along north-western Greenland and north-eastern Ellesmere Island during the last glaciation.

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ENGLAND, J. Advance of the Greenland Ice Sheet on to north-eastern Ellesmere Island. Nature 252, 373–375 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252373a0

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