Constraints on the timing of debris-covered and rock glaciers: An exploratory case study in the Hólar area, northern Iceland

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Fernández-Fernández, José, Palacios, David, Andrés, Nuria, Schimmelpfennig, Irene, Tanarro, Luis, Brynjólfsson, Skafti, López-Acevedo, Francisco, Sæmundsson, Þorsteinn
• Other Authors: Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Spanish Ministry of Economy and CompetitivenessCGL2015-65813-RNils Mobility Program (EEA GRANTS)FPU programme (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport)FPU14/06150Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)French National Research Agency (ANR)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; Grjótárdalur; Hofsdalur; New Rock; Víðinesdalur; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03027332; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03027332/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03027332/file/fernandez-fernandez%20et%20al.%20accepted%20Iceland_rockglaciers_debris-covered.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107196

International audience Eighteen samples for 36Cl Cosmic-Ray Exposure (CRE) dating were taken from glacially polished bedrocks, mo- raine boulders, fossil/active rock glaciers and debris-covered glaciers in Fremri-Grjótárdalur and Hóladalur cirques in the Víðinesdalur, Hofsdalur and Héðinsdalur valle...