Timing and significance of mid‐Holocene glacier advances in northern and central Iceland
Abstract Tephrochronology is used to date mid‐Holocene moraines in Iceland. In the Granavatn cirque (Tröllaskagi Peninsula) the H‐4 tephra (ca. 3830 yr BP) lies within sediment accumulated against the distal slope of a lateral moraine, providing a minimum age for glaciation, and the absence of H‐5 (...
| Published in: | Journal of Quaternary Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.589 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.589 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.589 |