Active retreat of a Late Weichselian marine‐terminating glacier: an example from Melasveit, western Iceland

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Sigfúsdóttir, Thorbjörg, Benediktsson, Ívar Örn, Phillips, Emrys
• Other Authors: Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, British Geological Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Belgsholt; Melabakkar; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12306; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbor.12306; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12306

Large and complete glaciotectonic sequences formed by marine‐terminating glaciers are rarely observed on land, hampering our understanding of the behaviour of such glaciers and the processes operating at their margins. During the Late Weichselian in western Iceland, an actively retreating marine‐ter...