Deglaciation and palaeoclimate of the Andfjord-Vagsfjord area, North Norway

This paper review's the deglaciation history and palaeoclimate from 22 to 9.5 C-14 ka BP in the Andfjord-Vagsfjord area. Eight main glacial events are recorded: The Egga-I (>22 C-14 ka BP), the Bjerka. the Egga-11 (>14.6 C-14 ka BP). the Flesen (14.5 C-14 ka BP), the D (13.8-13.2 C-14 ka BP), the Skarpnes, (12,2 C-14 ka BP). the Tromsphi-Lyngen (10.7-10.3 C-14 ka BP) and the Stordal (10.0-9-5 C-14 ka, BP). Onset of the final deglaciation occurred about 14.6 C-14 ka BP. Most of the western part of the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea Ice Sheets receded from the outer continental shelf 15-14 C-14 ka BP. The delivery and melting of icebergs at this time to the Norwegian-Greenland Sea resulted in a low oxygen isotope event recorded in a number of cores in the region. Atlantic water intruded the area 13.2 C-14 ka BP, and an atmospheric warming commenced 12.9/12.8 C-14 ka BP. A marked glacial recession occurred before the Skarpnes event. During Allerod time. the glaciers retreated to the fjord heads or even farther inland. The Fennoscandian outlet glaciers readvanced (locally more than 40 km). reached their Younger Dryas outer limit after 10.7 C-14 ka BP and retreated from this position before about 10.3 C-14 ka BP.