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Document title

Preglacial surface remnants and Quaternary glacial regimes in northwestern Sweden

Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)

KLEMAN J. ⁽¹⁾ ; STROEVEN A.P. ;
⁽¹⁾ Dep. Physical Geography, Univ., Stockholm, SUEDE

Abstract

The AA. present a detailed map of the distribution of preglacial surface remnants in the Kebnekaise region of northwestern Sweden. They discern 4 important large-scale geomorphological units, each representing a specific set of erosional agents and formative conditions. The AA. interpret the landscape evolution in terms of configuration, basal thermal regime, and event duration of 2 ice-sheet types and a cirque glaciation type event. Morphological impacts of intervening intervals of subaerial exposure are also discussed

Keyword(s)

Quaternaire ; Erosion glaciaire ; Calotte glaciaire ; Cirque glaciaire ; Eau de fonte ; Glaciation ; Photographie aérienne ; Carte géomorphologique ; Vallée glaciaire ; Suède

Quaternary ; Glacial erosion ; Ice sheet ; Cirque ; Meltwater ; Glaciation ; Aerial photography ; Geomorphological map ; Glacial valley ; Sweden

Classification code(s)

531-221 : Géographie physique.

531-VI : EUROPE

531 : BGI / PRODIG.

Source

Article of periodic

published at : Geomorphology / ISSN 0169-555X

Editor : Elsevier, Amsterdam - PAYS-BAS (1987)

Millesime : 1997, vol. 19, n^o1-2 [pp. 35-54]

Bibliographic references : 50 ref.

Collation : Illustration ;

Language

Anglais

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 21151