Holocene cirque glacier activity in western Spitsbergen, Svalbard: Sediment records from proglacial Linnevatnet

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 555-563

  Snyder, J A ^a,b   Werner, A ^c   Miller, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Glacier history; Holocene; Lake sediments; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

LINNEVATNET LAKE; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033845887     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300667351697     Document Type: Article

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