Climatic signals recorded in snow avalanche-dominated colluvium in western Norway: Depositional facies successions and pollen records

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-658

  Blikra, Lars Harald ^a   Selvik, Synøve Fjeldstad ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalanche activity; Chronostratigraphy; Colluvial deposits; Holocene; Palaeo climatic record; Pollen records; Snow avalanches; Western Norway; Winter climate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031741502     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398674390284     Document Type: Article

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