The rapid deglaciation of the Skagafjörður fjord, northern Iceland

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: De Andrés de Pablo, Nuria, Palacios Estremera, David, Sæmundsson, Thorsteinn, Brynjólfsson, Skafti, Fernández Fernández, José María
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley & Sons Ltd 2018
• Subjects: 911.2; Deglaciation; Tröllaskagi Peninsula; Cosmogenic Radionuclide Exposure dating; 36Cl Isotope; Iceland; Geografía física; 2505.07 Geografía Física; 2506.07 Geomorfología; Nils; Skagafjörður; glacier; Hofsjökull; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97060; https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12341

The Skagafjörður fjord in northern Iceland is located between the Tröllaskagi Peninsula in the east and the Skagi Peninsula in the west. The tributary valleys of the fjord originate in the highland area about 15 km north of the Hofsjökull icecap. The results of this work improve the knowledge of the...