Open AccessWeichselian ice movement in South Norway and adjacent areas
Author(s) -
VORREN TORE O.
Publication year - 1977
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.1502-3885.1977.tb00292.x
Subject(s) - geology , ice sheet , glacier morphology , glacier , ice stream , cryosphere , physical geography , oceanography , paleontology , sea ice , geography
Three main phases of ice‐movement pattern in South Norway during the Weichselian are reconstructed. During Phase II (possibly of Middle Weichselian age) the ice divide was located far to the west. Phase III (assumed Middle/Late Weichselian age) had an easterly situated ice divide. During Phase IV (Preboreal age) the ice divide had moved back to the west and had partly fragmented into separate domes. The migration of the ice divide from west to east may be due to glacier surges, whilst the ice‐divide migration from Phase III to IV was probably a result of a general reduction in size of the ice sheet.