Glacial remobilization cycles as revealed by lateral moraine sediment, Bødalsbreen glacier foreland, western Norway

The proglacial area of Bødalsbreen glacier in western Norway contains nine moraine ridges formed at the maximum of the `Little Ice Age' (~AD 1755) and during the subsequent glacier retreat (AD 1767—2000). The frontal moraines are composed of a sandy diamicton, whereas the lateral ones consist o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Burki, Valentin, Larsen, Eiliv, Fredin, Ola, Nesje, Atle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2009
Subjects:
Paleontology
Earth-Surface Processes
Ecology
Archeology
Global and Planetary Change
Bødalsbreen
Norway
glacier
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683608101391
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683608101391

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