Late Weichselian local ice dome configuration and chronology in Northwestern Svalbard: Early thinning, late retreat

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-127

  Gjermundsen, Endre F ^a   Briner, Jason P ^b   Akçar, Naki ^c   Salvigsen, Otto ^d   Kubik, Peter ^e   Gantert, Niklas ^a   Hormes, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Geologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

10Be dating; Cosmogenic exposure dating; Erratic boulders; Glacial geology; Late Weichselian; Northwest Spitsbergen; Quaternary; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Svalbard Barents Sea Ice Sheet; The High Arctic

Indexed keywords

10BE DATING; BARENTS SEA; COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE; ERRATIC BOULDERS; HIGH ARCTIC; LATE WEICHSELIAN; QUATERNARY; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD;

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; SEA ICE;

DOMES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; DOME; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELEVATION; FJORD; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MORAINE; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; LIEFDEFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84878409558     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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