The deglaciation of southern Sweden 13,500‐10,000 B.P.
- 1 June 1979
- Vol. 8 (2) , 89-117
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1979.tb00789.x
Abstract
Because of its well‐developed ice‐marginal zones, SW Sweden is an important reference area for the study of deglaciation, chronology and palaeoclimate 13,500‐10,000 B.P. The ice‐marginal zones are described and defined. Earlier research and opinions concerning the deglaciation are summarized. Based on radiocarbon dates from shells, vertebrate bones and limnic sediments, a revised deglaciation chronology is presented. This chronology is supported by biostratigraphic transects of time‐space diagrams. The radiocarbon and varve chronologies are compared. Some ice‐marginal zones are supposed to be 400 to 900 years older than expected from the varve chronology. The deglaciation chronology is correlated within the southern margin of the Scandinavian inland ice. Various consequences for the interpretation of glacial dynamics, shoreline displacement, and the biological environment are mentioned.This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
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