Late Weichselian environmental change in Norway,including Svalbard |
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| Authors: | Hilary H Birks Aage Paus J I Svenndse Torbjrn Alm J Mangerud J Y Landvik |
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| Institution: | Hilary H. Birks,Aage Paus,J. I. Svenndse,Torbjørn Alm,J. Mangerud,J. Y. Landvik |
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| Abstract: | A synthesis of the principal environmental changes that are inferred to have occurred in Norway and Svalbard (Fig. 1) during the Late-glacial period (14-9 ka BP) is presented. The paper has three sections dealing separately with (I) western Norway, (II) northern Norway and (III) Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The main conditions described include glacial events, sea-level changes, vegetation history and climatic variations. A summary chart of environmental reconstructions is presented for each of the three areas, each including a curve of temperature reconstructions for the Late-glacial period. These indicate some significant regional variations in contemporaneous thermal conditions during the Late-glacial. |
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| Keywords: | Temperature reconstructions vegetation history glacial chronology periglacial activity soil stability |
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