Late Quaternary glacier and sea-ice history of northern Wijdefjorden, Svalbard

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Allaart, Lis, Müller, Juliane, Schomacker, Anders, Rydningen, Tom Arne, Håkansson, Lena, Kjellman, Sofia Elisabeth, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Forwick, Matthias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Femmilsjøen; Svalbard; Wijdefjorden; glacier; Sea ice; Wijdefjord*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18444; https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12435

The deglaciation history and Holocene environmental evolution of northern Wijdefjorden, Svalbard, are reconstructed using sediment cores and acoustic data (multibeam swath bathymetry and sub‐bottom profiler data). Results reveal that the fjord mouth was deglaciated prior to 14.5±0.3 cal. ka BP and d...