An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland
This paper presents data on an extensive late Holocene advance of Kotlujokull, a southeastern outlet glacier from the ice cap Myrdalsjokull, central south Iceland. During the advance, basal till was deposited on top of a volcanic ash layer resting on lava hummocks. Remnants of this landscape are now...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:9f90146f-1f2e-4da1-8a06-f18a8e0c7bf4 2023-05-15T16:21:26+02:00 An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland Schomacker, Anders Kruger, J Larsen, G 2003 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/306968 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00090-8 eng eng Elsevier https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/306968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00090-8 wos:000183932500005 scopus:0038757922 Quaternary Science Reviews; 22(14), pp 1427-1434 (2003) ISSN: 0277-3791 Geology contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2003 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00090-8 2023-02-01T23:32:31Z This paper presents data on an extensive late Holocene advance of Kotlujokull, a southeastern outlet glacier from the ice cap Myrdalsjokull, central south Iceland. During the advance, basal till was deposited on top of a volcanic ash layer resting on lava hummocks. Remnants of this landscape are now seen 3.5-5.5 km in front of Kotlujokull as a fragment surrounded by the Myrdalssandur. Electron microprobe analysis of the volcanic ash shows that it is silicic and originates from the volcano Katla underneath Myrdalsjokull. A C-14 AMS date on a twig fragment sampled in the upper part of the volcanic ash layer provides a maximum age of the till of 1610 +/- 40 yr BP, and this is supported by tephrochronological and geochemical analyses of the volcanic ash. It is concluded that Kotlujokull must have advanced more than 5.5 km from its present position after 1.6 kyr 13P. This advance is much more extensive than the Little Ice Age (LIA) advance and took place in a relatively cold period also identified in the Greenland ice cores and the diatom record in the seas surrounding Iceland. In the proglacial environment in front of the Icelandic ice caps, the preservation potential of older end-moraines is strongly restricted due to intense glaciofluvial erosion. Therefore, the LIA end-moraines have in many cases been interpreted as marking the outermost Holocene glacier front position. This study as well as other recent results stresses the fact that the "LIA glacial maximum" in Iceland may not be identical to the Holocene glacial maximum, and that far more case studies with well-constrained dating control are needed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier glacier Greenland Greenland ice cores Ice cap Iceland Katla Lund University Publications (LUP) Greenland Katla ENVELOPE(-19.062,-19.062,63.631,63.631) Quaternary Science Reviews 22 14 1427 1434 |
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This paper presents data on an extensive late Holocene advance of Kotlujokull, a southeastern outlet glacier from the ice cap Myrdalsjokull, central south Iceland. During the advance, basal till was deposited on top of a volcanic ash layer resting on lava hummocks. Remnants of this landscape are now seen 3.5-5.5 km in front of Kotlujokull as a fragment surrounded by the Myrdalssandur. Electron microprobe analysis of the volcanic ash shows that it is silicic and originates from the volcano Katla underneath Myrdalsjokull. A C-14 AMS date on a twig fragment sampled in the upper part of the volcanic ash layer provides a maximum age of the till of 1610 +/- 40 yr BP, and this is supported by tephrochronological and geochemical analyses of the volcanic ash. It is concluded that Kotlujokull must have advanced more than 5.5 km from its present position after 1.6 kyr 13P. This advance is much more extensive than the Little Ice Age (LIA) advance and took place in a relatively cold period also identified in the Greenland ice cores and the diatom record in the seas surrounding Iceland. In the proglacial environment in front of the Icelandic ice caps, the preservation potential of older end-moraines is strongly restricted due to intense glaciofluvial erosion. Therefore, the LIA end-moraines have in many cases been interpreted as marking the outermost Holocene glacier front position. This study as well as other recent results stresses the fact that the "LIA glacial maximum" in Iceland may not be identical to the Holocene glacial maximum, and that far more case studies with well-constrained dating control are needed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland |
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An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland |
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An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland |
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An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kotlujokull, central south Iceland |
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