Minimal erosion of Arctic alpine topography during late Quaternary glaciation
Abstract
Alpine topography in Europe has been shaped by recent glaciations. Cosmogenic dating of summits in Svalbard suggest that Arctic alpine topography is a million years old and that subsequent glaciations have preserved rather than eroded the landscape.
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- October 2015
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- Bibcode:
- 2015NatGe...8..789G