The Tromsø-Lyngen glacier readvance (early Younger Dryas) at Hinnøya-Ofotfjorden, northern Norway: a reassessment

• Main Authors: Bergstrøm, Bjørn, Sveian, Harald, Olsen, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: AVSETNING; BRE; BREBEVEGELSE; GLASIALGEOLOGI; Hinnøya; Norway; Ofotfjorden; Tjeldsundet; Tromsø; Ulsvåg; glacier; Ice Sheet; Lyngen; Nordland; Northern Norway; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2674158

Based on radiocarbon dates, marine seismic data, mapping of surficial deposits, observations of marine limits and shoreline correlations, we have documented a considerable glacier readvance during the Tromsø-Lyngen event in the early Younger Dryas Chron, reaching farther west and northwest in the Hi...