The sediments of Lake Logurinn - A unique proxy record of Holocene glacial meltwater variability in eastern Iceland

The full Holocene development of the large (8100 km(2)) Vatnajokull ice cap in Iceland with its many outlet glaciers is poorly known. The idea of an early deglaciation, leading to a glacier-free period in mid-Holocene, followed by the Neoglaciation is still the main concept for the glacial history i...

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Published in:Quaternary Science Reviews
Main Authors: Striberger, Johan, Björck, Svante, Holmgren, Sofia, Hamerlik, Ladislav
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012
Subjects:
Geology
Iceland
Holocene
Glacial meltwater variability
Lake sediments
Varves
BSi
Diatoms
Chironomids
Long Glacier
glacier
Ice cap
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2571154
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.001

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