Stratigraphy of a Neoglacial end moraine in Norway

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: ALEXANDER, MICHAEL J., WORSLEY, PETER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1973
• Subjects: Norway; Moraine Ridge; glacier; North Norway; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1973.tb00251.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1973.tb00251.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1973.tb00251.x

There exposures in an outer end moraine ridge at Autre Okstindbredal, north Norway, are described and interpreted. The presence of perennially frozen ground is attributed to the present or very recent climate of the area and suggest the occurence of true sporadic permafrost. Several buried soil hori...