Glacio‐isostatic age modelling and Late Weichselian deglaciation of the Lögurinn basin, East Iceland

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Norðdahl, Hreggviður, Ingólfsson, Ólafur, Vogler, Erla D., Steingrímsson, Benedikt Ó., Hjartarson, Árni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Valþjófsstaður; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12366; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12366; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/bor.12366

Knowledge of the glaciation of central East Iceland between 15 and 9 cal. ka BP is important for the understanding of the extent, retreat and dynamics of the Icelandic Ice Sheet. Crucially, it is not known if the key area of Fljótsdalur‐Úthérað carried a fast‐flowing ice stream during the Last Glaci...