The first Holocene relative sea-level curve from the middle part of Hardangerfjorden, western Norway |
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Authors: | ANDERS ROMUNDSET,Ø YSTEIN S. LOHNE,JAN MANGERUD, JOHN INGE SVENDSEN |
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Affiliation: | Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsvegen 201, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway;;Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway;;The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Allégaten 55, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway |
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Abstract: | Romundset, A., Lohne, Ø. S., Mangerud, J. & Svendsen, J. I. 2009: The first Holocene relative sea-level curve from the middle part of Hardangerfjorden, western Norway. Boreas , 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00108.x. ISSN 0300-9483. The first relative sea-level (RSL) curve from the mid-Hardangerfjorden area covering the entire Holocene is presented. The curve is based on a series of AMS 14C dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils across the isolation level in each of five lakes located between 3.5 and 74.5 m a.s.l. During the first 1200 years, the RSL fell very rapidly from the marine limit at 98 m a.s.l. to 33 m a.s.l., i.e. at a rate of 5.4 cm yr−1. The emergence rate then slowed considerably and was close to standstill 8000–6500 cal. yr BP. However, an emergence of 16.5 m has taken place during the past 6000 years. Radiocarbon dates of terrestrial plant macrofossils from the basal strata in a lake above the marine limit and mollusc shells from glaciomarine silt in the isolation basins yielded a mean age for the local ice-margin retreat of 11 300 cal. yr BP. This verifies that Hardangerfjorden was glaciated during the Younger Dryas – an interpretation that has recently been disputed. The ice margin retreated at a rate of about 300 m yr−1 from the position of the Younger Dryas moraine to this site some 60 km further into the fjord. |
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