Reconstruction of Holocene glacier history from distal sources: Glaciofluvial stream-bank mires and a glaciolacustrine sediment core near Sota Sæter, Breheimen, southern Norway

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 729-745

  Shakesby, Richard A ^a   Smith, Jamie G ^a   Matthews, John A ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^b   Dresser, P Quentin ^a   Bakke, Jostein ^c,d   Dahl, Svein Olaf ^c,d   Lie, Øyvind ^d   Nesje, Atle ^c,d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

'Little ice age'; 8.2 ka cal. BP event; Breheimen; Finse event; Glaciofluvial approach; Glaciolacustrine approach; Holocene climate; Neoglacial; Neoglaciation; Norway; Radiocarbon dating; Stream bank mires

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIRE; PREBOREAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

BREHEIMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 35649017626     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607080514     Document Type: Article

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