Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area
Moraine sequences, protalus ramparts, rock glaciers and various slope deposits in seven separate glacier basins provide lichenometric ages for glacier retreat in an upland area of Sogn-og- Fjordane, southern Norway. Geomorphological mapping, relative dating based on section Rhizocarpon size-frequenc...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/095968369400400307 2024-04-07T07:52:39+00:00 Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area Evans, David J.A. Butcher, Craig Kirthisingha, Arjan V. 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369400400307 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369400400307 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The Holocene volume 4, issue 3, page 278-289 ISSN 0959-6836 1477-0911 Paleontology Earth-Surface Processes Ecology Archeology Global and Planetary Change journal-article 1994 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369400400307 2024-03-08T03:19:42Z Moraine sequences, protalus ramparts, rock glaciers and various slope deposits in seven separate glacier basins provide lichenometric ages for glacier retreat in an upland area of Sogn-og- Fjordane, southern Norway. Geomorphological mapping, relative dating based on section Rhizocarpon size-frequency distributions, observations on vegetation cover, and numeric dating based on a regional lichen dating curve for section Rhizocarpon, place moraines into three groups: Stage 1 moraines of likely Preboreal or Younger Dryas age; Stage 2 moraines of pre- or early 'Little Ice Age' but post-Preboreal age (thirteenth-fourteenth centuries); and Stage 3 moraines of fifteenth-century age and younger. The occurrence of thirteenth-sixteenth century (pre- or early 'Little Ice Age') moraines at low altitudes in the Sandane area is thought to relate to greater availability of moisture and to the capture of wind- drifted snow. These moraines are some of the oldest 'Little Ice Age' moraines dated by lichenometry in southern Norway. In some cirques, glaciers retreated from their fifteenth-century positions allowing protalus rampart development, scree accumulation and debris-flow activity to continue until the present. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier SAGE Publications Norway Sogn ENVELOPE(-21.133,-21.133,63.994,63.994) The Holocene 4 3 278 289 |
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Moraine sequences, protalus ramparts, rock glaciers and various slope deposits in seven separate glacier basins provide lichenometric ages for glacier retreat in an upland area of Sogn-og- Fjordane, southern Norway. Geomorphological mapping, relative dating based on section Rhizocarpon size-frequency distributions, observations on vegetation cover, and numeric dating based on a regional lichen dating curve for section Rhizocarpon, place moraines into three groups: Stage 1 moraines of likely Preboreal or Younger Dryas age; Stage 2 moraines of pre- or early 'Little Ice Age' but post-Preboreal age (thirteenth-fourteenth centuries); and Stage 3 moraines of fifteenth-century age and younger. The occurrence of thirteenth-sixteenth century (pre- or early 'Little Ice Age') moraines at low altitudes in the Sandane area is thought to relate to greater availability of moisture and to the capture of wind- drifted snow. These moraines are some of the oldest 'Little Ice Age' moraines dated by lichenometry in southern Norway. In some cirques, glaciers retreated from their fifteenth-century positions allowing protalus rampart development, scree accumulation and debris-flow activity to continue until the present. |
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Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area |
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Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area |
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Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area |
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Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area |
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Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area |
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neoglaciation and an early 'little ice age' in western norway: lichenometric evidence from the sandane area |
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