Evidence for Neoglacial Solifluction

ABSTRACT. A section excavated through two adjacent turf-banked solifluction lobes has revealed buried soils beneath each solifluction sheet. Five radiocarbon dates are reported from the buried soils and these reveal evidence of soil movement which probably extends over nearly 3,000 years until the p...

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Main Authors: At Okstindan, North Norway, Peter Worsleyl, Charles Harris
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.527.4987 2023-05-15T14:19:37+02:00 Evidence for Neoglacial Solifluction At Okstindan North Norway Peter Worsleyl Charles Harris The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.527.4987 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic27-2-128.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.527.4987 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic27-2-128.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic27-2-128.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T10:25:18Z ABSTRACT. A section excavated through two adjacent turf-banked solifluction lobes has revealed buried soils beneath each solifluction sheet. Five radiocarbon dates are reported from the buried soils and these reveal evidence of soil movement which probably extends over nearly 3,000 years until the present. The initiation of the movement appears to be linked to the late Sub-Boreal climatic deterioration and Neoglacial glacier expansion which induced the development of a late-lying snow patch at the study site. The first period of movement appears to have been faster than that during the later phase. It is suggested that this reduced rate is associated with a decrease in slope angle and to increased distance from the late-lying snow bank at the head of the slope, rather than to a less severe climatic environment. RÉSUMÉ. Indices de solifluxion néoglaciaire d Okstindan, dans le nord de la Norvège. Une section creusée à travers deux lobes de solifluxion adjacents et bordés de gazon a révélé la présence de sols enfouis sous chaque nappe de solifluxion. Les auteurs présentent cinq radiodatations de ces sols enfouis, qui donnent la preuve d'un mouvement du sol qui s'étend probablement sur 3,000 ans jusqu'au Présent. Le début de ce mouvement semble lié à la détérioration du climat à la fin du Sub-boréal et B l'expansion des glaciers au Néoglaciaire, qui ont provoqué le développe-ment d'une flaque de neige tardive sur le site étudié. La première période de mouvement semble plus rapide que la seconde. Les auteurs suggèrent que ce ralen-tissement est lié à une réduction de la pente et à I'éloignement progressif du banc de neige tardif au sommet de la pente, plutôt qu'à un milieu climatique moins sévère. Text Arctic Nord de la Norvège Unknown
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description ABSTRACT. A section excavated through two adjacent turf-banked solifluction lobes has revealed buried soils beneath each solifluction sheet. Five radiocarbon dates are reported from the buried soils and these reveal evidence of soil movement which probably extends over nearly 3,000 years until the present. The initiation of the movement appears to be linked to the late Sub-Boreal climatic deterioration and Neoglacial glacier expansion which induced the development of a late-lying snow patch at the study site. The first period of movement appears to have been faster than that during the later phase. It is suggested that this reduced rate is associated with a decrease in slope angle and to increased distance from the late-lying snow bank at the head of the slope, rather than to a less severe climatic environment. RÉSUMÉ. Indices de solifluxion néoglaciaire d Okstindan, dans le nord de la Norvège. Une section creusée à travers deux lobes de solifluxion adjacents et bordés de gazon a révélé la présence de sols enfouis sous chaque nappe de solifluxion. Les auteurs présentent cinq radiodatations de ces sols enfouis, qui donnent la preuve d'un mouvement du sol qui s'étend probablement sur 3,000 ans jusqu'au Présent. Le début de ce mouvement semble lié à la détérioration du climat à la fin du Sub-boréal et B l'expansion des glaciers au Néoglaciaire, qui ont provoqué le développe-ment d'une flaque de neige tardive sur le site étudié. La première période de mouvement semble plus rapide que la seconde. Les auteurs suggèrent que ce ralen-tissement est lié à une réduction de la pente et à I'éloignement progressif du banc de neige tardif au sommet de la pente, plutôt qu'à un milieu climatique moins sévère.
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