Survival of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap through the Holocene thermal maximum: Evidence from sulphur contents in Katla tephra layers (Iceland) from the last ∼8400 years

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-188

  Oladottir, Bergrun A ^a   Thordarson, Thor ^b,c   Larsen, Gudrun ^c   Sigmarsson, Olgeir ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; ICE CAP; MELT INCLUSION; PALEOCLIMATE; PHENOCRYST; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SULFUR; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MYRDALSJOKULL; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39049099647     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782282516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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