Little Ice Age terminal and retreat moraines in Kollerfjorden, NW Spitsbergen

Burton, D.J.; Dowdeswell, J.A.; Hogan, K.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-8010; Noormets, R.. 2016 Little Ice Age terminal and retreat moraines in Kollerfjorden, NW Spitsbergen. In: Dowdeswell, J.A.; Canals, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Todd, B.J.; Dowdeswell, E.K.; Hogan, K.A., (eds.) Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient. London, Geological Society of London, 71-72. (Geological Society Memoir, 46).

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Abstract/Summary

Many glaciers on Svalbard thickened and advanced during the Little Ice Age (LIA), which occurred between about 1400 and 1920 in the archipelago (Werner 1993). A terminal transverse ridge, along with associated distal depressions and lobes, marks the maximum extent of the advance of Kollerbreen glacier at the beginning of the twentieth century. Historical records, such as the map from Isachsen's 1909–10 expedition, and terrestrial lateral moraines identified on aerial photographs, provide further evidence that the terminal and transverse ridges represent the LIA limit and subsequent retreat of Kollerbreen. The numerous moraines deposited during retreat from the LIA maximum extent provide insight into the pattern and rate of deglaciation to the present tidewater margin of Kollerbreen. Marine-terminating glaciers in the adjacent fjords advanced similar distances during the LIA (Sexton et al. 1992).

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.35
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Palaeo-Environments, Ice Sheets and Climate Change
ISBN:	9781786202680
Date made live:	04 Jan 2017 14:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515679

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