Survival of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap through the Holocene thermal maximum: evidence from sulphur contents in Katla tephra layers (Iceland) from the last ∼8400 years

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Oladottir, Bergrun, Thordarson, T., Sigmarsson, Olgeir
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV), Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Iceland Reykjavik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Katla; Mýrdalsjökull; Annals of Glaciology; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00338717; https://hal.science/hal-00338717/document; https://hal.science/hal-00338717/file/div-class-title-survival-of-the-myrdalsjokull-ice-cap-through-the-holocene-thermal-maximum-evidence-from-sulphur-contents-in-katla-tephra-layers-iceland-from-the-last-8400-years-div.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756407782282516

International audience The climate in Iceland was drier and warmer during the Holocene thermal maximum than it is today and it has been suggested that ice caps disappeared entirely. Katla, a volcano covered by the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap in southern Iceland, has erupted rather steadily throughout the...