The Briksdalsbre Event: A winter precipitation-induced decadal-scale glacial advance in southern Norway in the ad 1990s and its implications

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-261

  Nesje, Atle ^a,b   Matthews, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; climate index; decadal scale variability; frontal lag time; glacier variations; Holocene; maritime glaciers; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Norway; reaction time

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; FRONTAL FEATURE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84855368021     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611414938     Document Type: Article

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