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Document title

The excavation of the Storglaciären trough during the Quaternary

published at : Tarfala Research Station - 50 years of activity

Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)

BRONGE C. ⁽¹⁾ ;
⁽¹⁾ Dept. of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SUEDE

Abstract

The results from several years of monitoring the suspended-sediment transport in the proglacial Tarfalajåkk Creek are used to calculate the time necessary for the creation of the Storglaciären glacial trough in the Kennekaise massif, northern Sweden

Keyword(s)

Glaciaire ; Quaternaire ; Lac proglaciaire ; Charge en suspension ; Variation climatique ; Glaciation ; Oxygène 18 ; Erosion glaciaire ; Bassin-versant ; Suède ; Laponie

Glacial features ; Quaternary ; Proglacial lake ; Suspended load ; Climatic variation ; Glaciation ; Oxygen 18 ; Glacial erosion ; Watershed ; Sweden ; Lapland

Classification code(s)

531-78 : Nivologie. Glaciologie.

531-III : GEOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE.

531 : BGI / PRODIG.

Source

Thematical fascicle

published at : Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography / ISSN 0435-3676 / CODEN GAPGAP

Editor : Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi, Stockholm - SUEDE (1965)

Millesime : 1996, vol. 78, n^o 2-3 [pp. 163-169]

Bibliographic references : 32 ref.

Language

Anglais

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 2704 A