Varved glaciomarine clay in central Sweden before and after the Baltic Ice Lake drainage: a further clue to the drainage events at Mt Billingen

• Published in: GFF
• Main Authors: Johnson, Mark D., Kylander, Malin E., Casserstedt, Lovise, Wiborgh, Hanna, Björck, Svante
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
• Subjects: Geology; varved clay; Baltic Ice Lake drainage; marine varves; Quaternary; Sweden; lithostratigraphy; Billingen; Langen; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4273064; https://doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2013.819032

Glaciomarine clay found west of Mt Billingen, central Sweden, contains two distinct varve units separated by a sand layer that we interpret to be sediment deposited in the North Sea during the catastrophic drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake (BIL). The lower varve series was deposited proximal to the re...