The Höfᶞahólar rock avalanche (sturzström): Chronological constraint of paraglacial landsliding on an Icelandic hillslope

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-446

  Mercier, Denis ^a,b,g   Cossart, Etienne ^d,g   Decaulne, Armelle ^c,g   Feuillet, Thierry ^a,g   Jónsson, Helgi Páll ^e   Sæmundsson, Thorsteinn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c CNRS Laboratoire Geolab UMR6042   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^e Northwest Iceland Comprehensive College   (Iceland)

^f Natural Research Centre of NW Iceland ^*  (Iceland)

^g CNRS GDR 6032 mutations polaires   (France)

Author keywords

deglaciation; early Holocene; glacio isostatic rebound; Iceland; landsliding; paraglacial

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; FALLOUT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOISOSTASY; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAISED BEACH; ROCK AVALANCHE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ICELAND;

EID: 84874468746     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612463104     Document Type: Article

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