Publications by authors named "Thorsteinn Saemundsson"
Article Synopsis
- - The Tröllaskagi Peninsula in northern Iceland contains numerous small glaciers that provide valuable records of climate changes in the Holocene era, challenging previous assumptions about the timing of their maximum extents, which were believed to occur predominantly during the Little Ice Age (LIA).
- - New research using Cosmic-Ray Exposure (CRE) dating on moraine sequences has identified several glacial advances before the LIA, specifically around 400 and 700 CE, in addition to earlier LIA advances in the 15th and 17th centuries.
- - Unlike traditional lichenometric dating, which has limitations for dating earlier glacial advances, this study combines various methods including satellite imagery and field work, highlighting a longer regional colonization lag
On the 20th September 2012, a large debris slide occurred in the Móafellshyrna Mountain in the Tröllaskagi peninsula, central north Iceland. Our work describes and discusses the relative importance of the three factors that may have contributed to the failure of the slope: intense precipitation, earthquake activity and thawing of ground ice. We use data from weather stations, seismometers, witness reports and field observations to examine these factors.
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