Late Weichselian history of relative sea level changes in Iceland during a collapse and subsequent retreat of marine based ice sheet

• Published in: Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica
• Main Authors: Pétursson, H.G., Norðdahl, H., Ingólfsson, Ó.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2015
• Subjects: Iceland; ice sheet; Weichselian; deglaciation; sea level; Islandia; manto de hielo; Weichseliense; deglaciación; nivel del mar; Baja; Hielo; Límite; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cig/article/view/2741; https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.2741

At the Last Glacial Maximum, Iceland was covered by an ice sheet more than 2000 m thick reaching as far as the shelf break. Rapid deglaciation, controlled by rising global sea level, started between 18.6 and 15.0 cal kyrs BP. In Bølling times, between 15.0 and 14.7 cal kyrs BP, the marine based part...