Mapping and Analyzing Sand Dunes in Norrbotten, Sweden: GEOBIA-Based Identification and the Spatial Relationship to Glacial Landforms

• Main Author: Högberg, Cornelia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2024
• Subjects: sand dunes; geomorphological mapping; GEOBIA; palaeowind reconstruction; landscape devlopment; sanddyner; geomorfologisk kartering; vindrekonstruktion; landskapsutveckling; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Pajala; Torra; Climate change; Norra Sverige; Northern Sweden; Norrbotten
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-538521

The ongoing climate change makes it vital to understand processes that control the complex climate system and get better insights into future predictions. The Arctic dunes in northern Sweden carry information about the climatic agents forming the dunes and the dune activity during the Holocene. Past...