Open AccessYounger Dryas end moraines between Hardangerfjorden and Sognefjorden, Western Norway
Author(s) -
AARSETH INGE,
MANGERUD JAN
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1974.tb00663.x
Subject(s) - younger dryas , moraine , geology , allerød oscillation , stadial , terminal moraine , glacial period , physical geography , geomorphology , geography
End moraines (called the Herdla Moraines) from the Younger Dryas Stadial arc morphologically mapped along the western coast of Norway, from Hardangerfjorden to north of Sognefjorden. The submarine position of the moraines are found by means of a conventional echo sounder. Stratigraphieal studies with many C 14 datings are used for age determination, giving Late Younger Dryas (10,000–10,500 C 14 years B.P.) for the Herdla Moraines. The moraines are correlated with the Ra‐Salpausselkä Moraines. Isobases for the Younger Dryas are obtained from marine terraces formed contemporaneously with the moraines.