Open AccessThickness evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet during the Late Weichselian in Nordfjord, western Norway: evidence from ice‐flow modeling
Author(s) -
WINGUTH CORNELIA,
MICKELSON DAVID M.,
LARSEN EILIV,
DARTER JESSICA R.,
MOELLER CAROLYN A.,
STALSBERG KNUT
Publication year - 2005
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.1502-3885.2005.tb01013.x
Subject(s) - geology , ice sheet , deglaciation , ice stream , ice sheet model , paleoclimatology , ice core , moraine , stadial , glacial period , ice shelf , cryosphere , physical geography , climatology , paleontology , oceanography , climate change , sea ice , geography
Winguth, C., Mickelson, D. M., Larsen, E., Darter, J. R., Moeller, C. A. & Stalsberg, K. 2005 (May): Thickness evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet during the Late Weichselian in Nordfjord, western Norway: evidence from ice‐flow modeling. Boreas , Vol. 34, pp. 176–185. Oslo. ISSN 0300–9483. Results from experiments with a two‐dimensional ice‐flow model, applied along a west‐east transect in western Norway, provide new constraints on the thickness evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet throughout the Late Weichselian glaciation and deglaciation. Investigations took place along an E‐W flowline of the former ice sheet at c. 62N, from the modern glacier Jostedalsbreen, through the Nordfjord, and across the continental shelf. A paleoclimate record from Kråkenes, which is located directly at the flowline, provides temperature and precipitation information for the time between 13 800 and 9200 cal. yr BP. LGM climate conditions for the study area are estimated from various GCM studies. The GISP2 δ 18 O record has been tuned to the local data in order to provide a continuous temperature record as input for time‐transgressive model runs. The results of all experiments suggest that the ice did not cover the highest mountain peaks in this area, and that nunataks persisted throughout the Late Weichselian glaciation. These findings are in contrast to results from many previous model studies and other ice‐sheet reconstructions, but agree well with minimum thickness estimates from cosmogenic dating and with vertical ice limits inferred from lower block field boundaries and trimlines.