Neoglaciation and an early 'Little Ice Age' in western Norway: lichenometric evidence from the Sandane area

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Evans, David J.A., Butcher, Craig, Kirthisingha, Arjan V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1994
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Norway; Sogn; glacier
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369400400307; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369400400307

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...