An inverse approach to the course of the ‘Little Ice Age’ glacier advance and the following deglaciation at Austerdalsisen, eastern Svartisen, northern Norway

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Jansen, Henrik Løseth, Dahl, Svein Olaf, Nielsen, Pål Ringkjøb
• Other Authors: Norges Forskningsråd, L. Meltzers Høyskolefond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2018
• Subjects: Austerdalsisen; Litl Røvatnet; Norway; Røvatnet; Svartisen; glacier; Ice cap; Nordland; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683618761539; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683618761539; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683618761539

The course of the ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) in Scandinavia is characterized by large glacier advances that started at about AD 1300 and culminated at about AD 1750. The end of the LIA is marked as an unprecedented and ongoing glacier retreat that accelerated from the early 20th century. The course of t...