Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges
We synthesize the current understanding of glacier activity on Svalbard from the end of the Late Pleistocene (12,000 yrs. before present) to the end of the Little Ice Age ( c. 1920 AD). Our glacier history is derived from the SVALHOLA database, the first compilation of Holocene geochronology for Sva...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/18873 2023-05-15T16:22:06+02:00 Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges Farnsworth, Wesley Randall Allaart, Lis Ingólfsson, Ólafur Alexanderson, Helena Forwick, Matthias Noormets, Riko Retelle, Michael J. Schomacker, Anders 2020-06-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18873 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103249 eng eng Elsevier Allaart, L. (2021). Late Pleistocene-Holocene history of Svalbard ice caps and glaciers – integrating marine, terrestrial and lacustrine archives. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20634 . Earth-Science Reviews Farnsworth, Allaart, Ingólfsson, Alexanderson, Forwick, Noormets, Retelle, Schomacker. Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges. Earth-Science Reviews. 2020 FRIDAID 1819647 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103249 0012-8252 1872-6828 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18873 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103249 2021-06-25T17:57:34Z We synthesize the current understanding of glacier activity on Svalbard from the end of the Late Pleistocene (12,000 yrs. before present) to the end of the Little Ice Age ( c. 1920 AD). Our glacier history is derived from the SVALHOLA database, the first compilation of Holocene geochronology for Svalbard and the surrounding waters, including over 1,800 radiocarbon, terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide and optically stimulated luminescence ages. Data have been categorized by geological setting, uniformly (re-)calibrated, quality assessed and ultimately used to constrain glacier fluctuations (deglaciation, ice free conditions, glacier re-advances and ice marginal positions). We advance existing knowledge by mapping the extent and distribution of ice-cover during the Holocene glacial maximum and the glacial minimum, as well as present retreat rates (and percentages) within Early Holocene fjord-systems. Throughout the Holocene, Svalbard glaciers have responded to a varying combination of climatic, environmental and dynamic driving factors which influence both the extent and behavior of ice margins. We discuss the complexities of glacier systems and their dynamics in response to changes in climate. This review provides a holistic state of the art of Holocene glaciers on Svalbard, suitable for orienting future works which address gaps in our current knowledge. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Svalbard Earth-Science Reviews 208 103249 |
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We synthesize the current understanding of glacier activity on Svalbard from the end of the Late Pleistocene (12,000 yrs. before present) to the end of the Little Ice Age ( c. 1920 AD). Our glacier history is derived from the SVALHOLA database, the first compilation of Holocene geochronology for Svalbard and the surrounding waters, including over 1,800 radiocarbon, terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide and optically stimulated luminescence ages. Data have been categorized by geological setting, uniformly (re-)calibrated, quality assessed and ultimately used to constrain glacier fluctuations (deglaciation, ice free conditions, glacier re-advances and ice marginal positions). We advance existing knowledge by mapping the extent and distribution of ice-cover during the Holocene glacial maximum and the glacial minimum, as well as present retreat rates (and percentages) within Early Holocene fjord-systems. Throughout the Holocene, Svalbard glaciers have responded to a varying combination of climatic, environmental and dynamic driving factors which influence both the extent and behavior of ice margins. We discuss the complexities of glacier systems and their dynamics in response to changes in climate. This review provides a holistic state of the art of Holocene glaciers on Svalbard, suitable for orienting future works which address gaps in our current knowledge. |
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Farnsworth, Wesley Randall Allaart, Lis Ingólfsson, Ólafur Alexanderson, Helena Forwick, Matthias Noormets, Riko Retelle, Michael J. Schomacker, Anders |
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Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges |
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Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges |
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Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges |
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Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges |
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Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges |
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holocene glacial history of svalbard: status, perspectives and challenges |
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Allaart, L. (2021). Late Pleistocene-Holocene history of Svalbard ice caps and glaciers – integrating marine, terrestrial and lacustrine archives. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20634 . Earth-Science Reviews Farnsworth, Allaart, Ingólfsson, Alexanderson, Forwick, Noormets, Retelle, Schomacker. Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges. Earth-Science Reviews. 2020 FRIDAID 1819647 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103249 0012-8252 1872-6828 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18873 |
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