Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway
For more than hundred years it has been debated whether blockfields in mountain summit areas can be used to delimit the vertical extent of Pleistocene ice sheets. In this study the relationship between blockfields, developed in quartzites and sandstones on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway, an...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:in2p3-00128749v1 2023-05-15T16:11:59+02:00 Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway Fjellanger, J. Sorbel, L. Linge, H. Brook, E.J. Raisbeck, G.M. Yiou, F. Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2006 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00128749 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007 in2p3-00128749 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00128749 doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007 ISSN: 0169-555X Geomorphology http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00128749 Geomorphology, Elsevier, 2006, 82, pp.255-272. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007⟩ Blockfields Weathering Surface exposure dating Glacial environment Varanger Peninsula [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007 2020-12-26T18:43:17Z For more than hundred years it has been debated whether blockfields in mountain summit areas can be used to delimit the vertical extent of Pleistocene ice sheets. In this study the relationship between blockfields, developed in quartzites and sandstones on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway, and glacially derived features have been evaluated. Erratics and circular ablation moraines are superimposed on the blockfields and lateral meltwater channels are eroded into them. Glacial striations and other signs of glacial sculpturing are restricted to low-lying areas with channelled ice flow. Relative ages of the blockfields and the features in them are inferred, and the first measurements of in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides from the Varanger Peninsula are reported. We conclude that the blockfields have survived underneath at least one thick, cold-based ice sheet. Thus, these blockfields cannot be used as indicators of ice-free conditions as previously suggested for southern Norway. Our results have implications for the potential for land surface preservation beneath ice sheets and for glacial reconstructions in northern Fennoscandia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Ice Sheet Northern Norway Varanger Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Norway Geomorphology 82 3-4 255 272 |
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Blockfields Weathering Surface exposure dating Glacial environment Varanger Peninsula [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology Fjellanger, J. Sorbel, L. Linge, H. Brook, E.J. Raisbeck, G.M. Yiou, F. Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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For more than hundred years it has been debated whether blockfields in mountain summit areas can be used to delimit the vertical extent of Pleistocene ice sheets. In this study the relationship between blockfields, developed in quartzites and sandstones on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway, and glacially derived features have been evaluated. Erratics and circular ablation moraines are superimposed on the blockfields and lateral meltwater channels are eroded into them. Glacial striations and other signs of glacial sculpturing are restricted to low-lying areas with channelled ice flow. Relative ages of the blockfields and the features in them are inferred, and the first measurements of in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides from the Varanger Peninsula are reported. We conclude that the blockfields have survived underneath at least one thick, cold-based ice sheet. Thus, these blockfields cannot be used as indicators of ice-free conditions as previously suggested for southern Norway. Our results have implications for the potential for land surface preservation beneath ice sheets and for glacial reconstructions in northern Fennoscandia. |
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Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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Glacial survival of blockfields on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway |
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glacial survival of blockfields on the varanger peninsula, northern norway |
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ISSN: 0169-555X Geomorphology http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00128749 Geomorphology, Elsevier, 2006, 82, pp.255-272. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.007⟩ |
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