Holocene glacier variation chronology of the Smørstabbtindan massif, Jotunheimen, southern Norway, and the recognition of century- to millennial-scale European Neoglacial Events

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-201

  Matthews, John A ^a   Dresser, P Quentin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Century to millennial scale; Climatic variability; European Neoglacial Events; Glacier variations; Glaciofluvial evidence; Holocene; Jotunheimen; Mires; Neoglaciation; Norway

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGLACIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; MELTWATER; MIRE; NEOGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JOTUNHEIMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 40849097680     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085608     Document Type: Article

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