Glacial geology of Middle and Inner Nordfjord, western Norway.

Marginal moraines have been mapped and the course of deglaciation reconstructed
supported by studies on terraces and shorelines and by radiocarbon datings.
The following glacial events have been recognised:
1. Davik stadial, age unknown, glacier front somewhere in the outher fjord area
2. Vardehaug stadial, of early Younger Dryas age (10.700-10.600 B.P.), glacier
front at Naustdal, Eidsfjorden 3. No stadial, later half of Younger Dryas,
glacier front at Nor (Nordfjordeid), Anda and Rygg. The Nor stadial is by far
the most marked late glacier event in Nordfjord, both with regard to the thick-
ness of the deposits as well as to their distribution and continuity, and is
correlated with the main Younger Dryas readvance in Norway. This stadial is
completely reconstructed, and a paleogeographic map is presented.
4. Vinsrygg stadial, early Pre-Boreal, characterized by active glaciers,
glacier front in the fjord outside Stryn. 5. Eide stadial, of Pre-Boreal age
(> 9400 years B.P.), front of valley glaciers near the heads of the innermost
fjord branches. Local moraines, primarily in front of cirques, are numerous
and frequently reflected several stadials, although Nor moraines dominate.
The Nor raised marine shoreline is a prominent feature in greater parts of the
area, and an isobase map for Nordfjord and Sunnmøre is presented.
The Younger Dryas lowering of snow lines and glaciation limits is estimated at
approximately 450 m