Holocene ice-free strait followed by dynamic Neoglacial fluctuations: Hornsund, Svalbard

The recession of the Hornbreen-Hambergbreen glaciers (Hornsund, Svalbard) will lead to the formation of a strait between the Greenland and Barents Seas within a few decades. We provide evidence for the earlier existence of this strait, in the Early–Middle Holocene and presumably since 1.3 ka cal. BP...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Osika, Aleksandra, Jania, Jacek, Szafraniec, Joanna Ewa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2022
Subjects:
Paleontology
Earth-Surface Processes
Ecology
Archeology
Global and Planetary Change
Svalbard
Greenland
Hornsund
Hornbreen
Hambergbreen
Treskelen
glacier
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836221088232
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09596836221088232
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/09596836221088232

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