Sedimentological characteristics of ice-wedge polygon terrain in Adventdalen (Svalbard): environmental and climatic implications for the late Holocene

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Oliva, Marc, Vieira, Goncalo, Pina, P., Pereira, P., Neves, Mário, Freitas, M. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: late Holocene; Sedimentological characteristics; ice-wedge polygon terrain; Adventdalen (Svalbard); environmental implications; climatic implications; Adventdalen; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/28309; https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-901-2014

Ice wedges are widespread periglacial features in the landscape of Adventdalen, Svalbard. The networks of ice wedges have created areas with well-developed polygonal terrains in the lowest fluvial terraces in this valley. We have examined the sedimentological characteristics of the northern and sout...