Evidence of an ice-dammed lake outburst in the North Sea during the last deglaciation

Recent reconstructions suggest that the British-Irish and Fennoscandian ice sheets coalesced and covered the central and northern North Sea from ca. 26 cal. ka BP and until ca. 19 cal. ka BP. At ca. 19 cal. ka BP the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream started to retreat and the ice sheets broke apart at c...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Geology
Main Authors: Hjelstuen, Berit Oline, Sejrup, Hans Petter, Valvik, Espen, Becker, Lukas W. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2018
Subjects:
North Sea
Ice-dammed lake
Glacial lake outburst flood
Last Glacial Maximum
Deglaciation
Delta
Dammed Lake
Dogger Bank
Glacial Lake
Fennoscandian
Ice Sheet
Nordic Seas
Sea ice
Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00495/60695/101202.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.11.021
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00495/60695/

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