The eolian landforms and sediment in the valley of River Jømna, east of Elverum, south-east Norway

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Description :
Eolian landforms as sandy dunes and dune heaps were mapped by the author in 1979-1980 in a zone where vegetation had been destroyed by a forest fire on 30 June 1976, in an area to the east of Elverum, south-east Norway. The mapped eolian landforms are discussed together with information from 40 samples of the eolian sediment. Winds, mostly from the north and north-west, were responsible for the development of these eolian landforms, utilizing the fluvioglacial sediments accumulated as a sandur during the retreat of the inland ice approximately 10,000 years ago. The winds were active during a short period of time, only a century or so before the area became vegetated.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Norsk geografisk tidsskrift, issn : 0029-1951, 2010, vol. 64, n°. 2, p. 94-104, nombre de pages : 11, Références bibliographiques : 19 ref.

Date :
2010

Editeur :
Pays édition : Norvege, Oslo, Norske geografiske selskab ; Universitetsforlaget