The deglaciation of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard —based on surface exposure dating of glacial erratics and Quaternary geological mapping of Blomstrandhalvøya

• Main Author: Grant, Oliver Rodney
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2016
• Subjects: Quaternary; Geology; Deglaciation; Kongsfjorden; Svalbard; Cosmogenic; Nuclide; Dating; Beryllium; 10Be; Exposure; Ice Stream; Paleoclimate; 756199; Barents Sea; Blomstrandbreen; Blomstrandhalvøya; Ossian Sarsfjellet; Ice Sheet; Ice Stream A; Kongsfjord*; Sea ice; Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/12576

Surface exposure dating via 10Be cosmogenic nuclide dating is used, alongside Quaternary geological mapping of landforms and sediments, to reconstruct the course of deglaciation following the Late Weichselian Glacial Maximum in Kongsfjorden, northwest Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Kongsfjorden hosted a fas...