Early-Holocene glacier fluctuations in Krundalen, south central Norway: Palaeoglacier dynamics and palaeoclimate

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-598

  Lukas, Sven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier reconstruction; Ice marginal dynamics; Moraine sedimentology; Norway; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE MARGIN; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34547749986     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607078983     Document Type: Article

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