Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Widespread erosion on high plateaus during recent glaciations in Scandinavia

  • Jane L. Andersen,
  • David L. Egholm,
  • Mads F. Knudsen,
  • Henriette Linge,
  • John D. Jansen,
  • Vivi K. Pedersen,
  • Søren B. Nielsen,
  • Dmitry Tikhomirov,
  • Jesper Olsen,
  • Derek Fabel,
  • Sheng Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03280-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The contribution of surface processes to the long-term evolution of plateau surfaces on high-latitude passive margins is poorly understood. Here, the authors show that recent glacial erosion on plateaus in western Scandinavia was widespread and may have contributed substantially to the sediment flux to the oceans.