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Aller⊘d-Younger Dryas Climatic Inferences from Cirque Glaciers and Vegetational Development in the Nordfjord Area, Western Norway

Eiliv Larsen, Fr⊘ydis Eide, Oddvar Longva, Jan Mangerud

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Seventeen cirque basins containing Younger Dryas moraines were investigated at Stad and Vags⊘y, western Norway. Lithostratigraphic studies, 14C datings, and pollen analysis of lake sediments just o...

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Key concepts: Younger Dryas, Cirque, Moraine, Geology, Allerød oscillation, Physical geography, Cirque glacier, Glacier

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