Climatic control of the surge periodicity of an Icelandic outlet glacier

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-565

  Striberger, Johan ^a   Björck, Svante ^a   Benediktsson, Ívar Örn ^b   Snowball, Ian ^a   Uvo, Cintia B ^a   Ingólfsson, Ólafur ^b   Kjær, Kurt H ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate; Glacial surge; Iceland; Surge periodicity; Varved lake sediments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VARVE;

ICELAND;

EID: 80051472823     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1527     Document Type: Article

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