Recent glacial history and climatic change, Bergsfjord, Troms-Finnmark, Norway

• Published in: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography
• Main Authors: Gellatly, A.F., Whalley, W.B., Gordon, J.E., Hansom, J.D., Twigg, D.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Routledge 1989
• Subjects: Bergsfjord; Norway; Finnmark; glacier; Ice cap; North Norway; Troms
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/99652/; https://doi.org/10.1080/00291958908552214

Systematic documentation of climatic change using historical records of glacier fluctuations in North Norway is complicated by the strong topographic control exerted on glacier and ice-cap development in plateau regions. Ice avalanches from high plateaux maintain valley glaciers up to 600 m below in...