Methodological proposal for the analysis of the evolution of glaciers since the Little Ice Age and its application in the Tröllaskagi Peninsula (northern Iceland)

• Published in: Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica
• Main Authors: J.M. Fernández-Fernández, N. Andrés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2018
• Subjects: glaciers; climatic change; paleoclimatic reconstruction; little ice age; tröllaskagi; iceland; geo; envir; Ela; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.3392; https://doaj.org/article/e2e3fa2af77c4606b6ee4a1932bc27bd

In this paper we propose a methodological sequence for the study of glaciers and climate change, and for the use of glaciers as indicators of climatic evolution. Our proposal includes different techniques focused on: mapping glacier extents at different dates, measuring front variations, calculating...