Svein Olaf
Dahl
Head of Department
Visit Address:
Fosswinckelsgt. 6
5020 Bergen
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5020 Bergen
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Books
- 2000. Glaciers and Environmental Change. 203 pages.
Journal articles
- 2011. A multi-proxy approach to assessing isolation basin stratigraphy from the Lofoten Islands, Norway. Quaternary Research. 75: 288-300. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.08.012
- 2010. A complete record of Holocene glacier variability at Austre Okstindbreen, northern Norway: an integrated approach. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29: 1246-1262. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.012
- 2010. Extent and timing of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet during the Late Weichselian (MIS 3/2) glacier maximum in central southern Norway – link to the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream? NGF abstracts and proceedings. 37-38.
- 2010. A preboreal elk (Alces alces L., 1758) antler from south-eastern Norway. Fauna Norvegica. 30: 9-12. doi: 10.5324/fn.v30i0.629
- 2010. LateWeichselian cirque-glacier fluctuations on Andøya, northern Norway. Geophysical Research Abstracts.
- 2010. Identifying the sedimentary imprint of high-frequency Holocene river floods in lake sediments: development and application of a new method. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29: 3021-3033. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.038
- 2009. Radiocarbon wiggle-match dating of proglacial lake sediments - Implications for the 8.2 ka event. Quaternary Geochronology. 4: 267-277. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.12.004
- 2009. Radiocarbon wiggle-match dating of proglacial lake sediments: implications for the 8.2 ka event. Quaternary Geochronology. 4: 267-277. doi: doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2008.12.004
- 2009. Radiocarbon chronology of Holocene colluvial (debris-flow) events at Sletthamn, Jotunheimen, southern Norway: a window on the changing frequency of extreme climatic events and their landscape impact. The Holocene. 19: 1107-1129. doi: 10.1177/0959683609344674
- 2008. Strength and spatial patterns of the Holocene wintertime westerlies in the NE Atlantic region. Global and Planetary Change. 60: 28-41. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.030
- 2008. Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and future. Global and Planetary Change. 60: 10-27. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.08.004
- 2008. The ‘Little Ice Age’ glacial expansion in western Scandinavia: summer temperature or winter precipitation? Climate Dynamics. 30: 789-801. doi: 10.1007/s00382-007-0324-z
- 2008. Separation of late-Holocene episodic paraglacial events and glacier fluctuations in eastern Jotunheimen, central southern Norway. The Holocene. 18: 1179-1191. doi: 10.1177/0959683608096593
- 2007. Brear og klima i Nordland attende til istida. Ottar. 2: 24-31.
- 2007. A continuous, high-resolution 8500-yr snow-avalanche record from western Norway. The Holocene. 17: 269-277. doi: 10.1177/0959683607075855
- 2007. The surface geometry of the Last Glacial Maximum ice sheet in the Andoya-Skanland region, northern Norway, constrained by surface exposure dating and clay mineralogy. Boreas. 36: 227-239. doi: 10.1080/03009480601024804
- 2007. Cirque glacier activity in arctic Norway during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research. 68: 387-399. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.07.006
- 2007. Rockglacier activity during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition and Holocene spring snowmelting. Quaternary Science Reviews. 26: 793-807. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.11.017
- 2007. Resetting of sediments mobilised by the LGM ice-sheet in southern Norway. Quaternary Geochronology. 2: 222-228. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.031
- 2007. Reconstruction of Holocene glacier history from distal sources: glaciofluvial stream-bank mires and a glaciolacustrine sediment core near Sota Sæter, Breheimen, southern Norway. The Holocene. 17: 729-745. doi: 10.1177/0959683607080514
- 2006. Kald is, varm is og klima. Cicerone. 4. 28-30.
- 2006. Dramatisk for norske isbreer i framtiden. Cicerone. 1: 22-24.
- 2006. Holocene palaeoclimate reconstructions at Vanndalsvatnet, western Norway, with particular reference to the 8200 ca. yr BP event. The Holocene. 16: 717-729. doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl954rp
- 2006. Weathering characteristics of arctic islands in northern Norway. Geomorphology. 82: 430-452. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.016
- 2006. Holocene river floods in the upper Glomma catchment, southern Norway: a high-resolution multiproxy record from lacustrine sediments. The Holocene. 16: 445-455. doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl940rp
- 2005. Lateglacial and early Holocene palaeoclimatic reconstruction based on glacier fluctuations and equilibrium-line altitudes at northern Folgefonna, Hardanger, western Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science. 20: 179-198.
- 2005. Glacier fluctuations, equilibrium-line altitudes and palaeoclimate in Lyngen, northern Norway, during the Lateglacial and Holocene. The Holocene. 15: 518-540.
- 2005. Utilizing physical sediment variability in glacier-fed lakes for continuous glacier reconstructions during the Holocene, northern Folgefonna, western Norway. The Holocene. 15: 161-176.
- 2005. Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research - combining past, present and future climate change. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 85: 33-44.
- 2005. Holocene glacier history of Bjornbreen and climatic reconstruction in central Jotunheimen, Norway, based on proximal glaciofluvial stream-bank mires. Quaternary Science Reviews. 24: 67-90. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.00
- 2004. Holocene fluctuations of a polythermal glacier in high-alpine eastern Jotunheimen, central-southern Norway. ?. 23: 1925-1945.
- 2004. Holocene fluctuations of a polythermal glacier in high-alpine eastern Jotunheimen, central soutern Norway: a multi-site, multi-parameter approach in lacustrine sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews. 23: 1925-1945.
- 2004. Were abrupt Lateglacial and early-Holocene climatic changes in northwest Europe linked to freshwater outbursts to the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans? The Holocene. 14: 299-310.
- 2004. Holocene millennial-scale summer temperature variability inferred from sediment parameters in a non-glacial mountain lake: Danntjorn, Jotunheimen central southern Norway. Quaternary Science Reviews. 23: 2183-2205.
- 2004. Spring-summer temperature reconstruction in western Norway 1734-2003: A data-synthesis approach. International Journal of Climatology. 23: 1821-1841.
- 2004. Varmaste vestlandssommar sidan 1734. Cicerone. 3: 18-20.
- 2004. Bacterial magnetite in lake sediments: late glacial to Holocene climate and sedimentary changes in northern Norway. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 223: 319-333.
- 2004. Flomvarsel fra fortiden. Cicerone. 2: 27-27.
- 2003. Late Holocene surface ocean conditions in the Norwegian Sea (Vøring Plateau). Paleoceanography. 18. 13 pages.
- 2003. Reconstruction of former glacier equilibrium-line altitudes based on proglacial sites: an evaluation of approaches and selection of sites. Quaternary Science Reviews. 22: 275-287.
- 2003. A theoretical approach to glacier equilibrium-line altitudes using meteorological data and glacier mass-balance records from southern Norway. The Holocene. 13: 365-372.
- 2003. Theoretical equilibrium-line altitudes and glacial build-up sensitivity in southern Norway based on meteorological data in a geographical information system. The Holocene. 13: 373-380.
- 2003. The 'Little Ice Age' - only temperature? The Holocene. 13: 139-145.
- 2003. Snøskred avslører uvær 9000 år tilbake i tid. Cicerone. 50: 24-26.
- 2003. Spring-summer tumperature reconstruction in western Norway 1734-2003: A data-synthesis approach. International Journal of Climatology. 23: 1821-1841.
- 2003. Isbrear reagerer ulikt på klimaskifte. Cicerone. 1: 22-24.
- 2003. Holocene debris flows recognixed in a lacustine sedimentary succession: sedimentology, chronostratigraphy and cause of triggering. The Holocene. 907-920.
- 2002. Timing, equilibrium-line altitudes and climatic implications of two early-Holocene glacier readvances at Jostedalsbreen, western Norway. The Holocene. 12: 17-25.
- 2002. Breenes klimatiske følsomhet i Norge. Cicerone. 2. 23-25.
- 2002. Den lille istid - bare temperatur. Cicerone. 3: 24-27.
- 2002. Variabelt klima siste 1000 år. Cicerone. 3. 23-24.
- 2002. Holocene glacier fluctuations of Grovabreen and Holocene snow-avalanche activity reconstructed from lake sediments in Grøningstølsvatnet, western Norway. The Holocene. 12: 211-222.
- 2001. The Greenland 8200 cal. yr BP event detected in loss-on ignition profiles in Norwegian lacustrine sediment sequences. Journal of Quaternary Science. 16: 155-166.
- 2001. Reflekterer massebalansen på isbreene NAO? Cicerone. 10: 21-22.
- 2001. A similar to 4500 yr record of river floods obtained from a sediment core in Lake Atnsjøen, eastern Norway. Journal of Paleolimnology. 25: 329-342.
- 2001. Holocene glacier fluctuations of Flatebreen and winter-precipitation changes in the Jostedalsbreen region, western Norway, based on glaciolacustrine sediment records. The Holocene. 11: 267-280.
- 2001. Holocene glacial and colluvial activity in Leirungsdalen, eastern Jotunheimen, south-central Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 81: 25-40.
- 2001. Holocene glacial and colluvial activity in Leirungsdalen, eastern Jotunheimen, south-central Norway. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. 81: 25-40.
- 2000. Vestlandsværet etter siste istid: Mer ustabilt enn antatt. Cicerone. 9: 7-9.
- 2000. The holocene history of a subpolar glacier in eastern Jotunheimen; evidence from grain-sixe and loss-on-ignition analyses. Geonytt. 1: p. 100.
- 2000. Holocene glacier variations in central Jotunheimen, southern Norway based on distal glaciolacustrine sediment cores. Quaternary Science Reviews. 19: 1625-1647.
- 2000. Are the North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations Reflected in Scandinavian Glacier Mass Balance Records. Pages Newsletter. 2: 15.
- 2000. Are the North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations reflected in Scandinavian Glacer mass balance records? Pages News. 8(2). p. 15.
- 2000. The lacustrine sedimentary sequence in Sygneskardvatnet, western Norway: a continuous, high-resolution record of the Jostedalsbreen ice cap during the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 19: 1047-1065.
- 2000. Is the North Atlantic Oscillation reflected in Scandinavian glacier mass balance records? Journal of Quaternary Science. 15: 587-601.
- 1998. The last ice sheet in North-West Scotland: Reconstruction and implications. Quaternary Science Reviews. 17: 1149-1184.
- 1998. High-resolution reconstruction of the last ice sheet in NW Scotland. Terra Nova. 10: 63-67.
- 1998. Physical records from lakes: the discrimination between signals due to changes in lake water depth and those due to changes in catchment processes. Paläoklimaforschung. 25: 149-160.
- 1997. Periglacial trimlines, former nunataks and the altitude of the last ice sheet in Wester Ross, northwest Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 12: 225-238.
- 1997. Cirque glaciers as morphological evidence for a thin Younger Dryas ice sheet in east-central southern Norway. Boreas. 26: 161-180.
- 1997. Cyclic development and thermokarstic degradation of palsas in the mid-alpine zone at Leirpullan, Dovrefjell, Southern Norway. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 8: 107-122.
- 1997. A preliminary history of Holocene colluvial (debris-flow) activity, Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science. 12: 117-129.
- 1996. A new approach to calculating Holocene winter precipitation by combining glacier equilibrium-line altitudes and pine-tree limits: a case study from Hardangerjøkulen, central southern Norway. The Holocene. 6: pp. 381-398..
- 1996. Maximum altitude of Devensian glaciation on the Isle of Skye. Scottish Journal of Geology. 2. pp. 107-15.
- 1995. Nunataks of the last ice sheet in North-West Scotland. Boreas. 24: Side 305-323.
- 1995. Late Holocene glaciers and avalanche activity in the Ålfotbreen area, western Norway: evidence from a lacustrine sedimentary record. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 75: 120-126.
- 1995. Late Holocene glaciers and avalanche activity in the Ålfotbreen area, western Norway: evidence from a lacustrine sedimentary record. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. side 120-126.
- 1994. Holocene glacier fluctuations at Hardangerjøkulen, central southern Norway: a high-resolution composite chronology from lacustrine and terrestrial deposits. The Holocene. 4: 269-277.
- 1994. Holocene glacier fluctuations at Hardangerjøkulen, central southern Norway: a high-resolution composite chronology from lacustrine and terrestrial deposits. The Holocene. 4: 269-277.
- 1994. Lateglacial and holocene glacier fluctations and clima variations in western Norway: a review. Quaternary Science Reviews. 12: 255-261.
- 1994. Holocene glacier activity at the southwestern part of Hardangerjøkulen, central-southern Norway: evidence from lacustrine sediments. The Holocene. 4: side 377-382.
- 1994. Holocene glacier activity at the southwestern part of Hardangerjøkulen, central-southern Norway: evidence from lacustrine sediments. The Holocene. 4: side 377-382.
- 1994. Holocene glacier activity at the southwestern part of Hardangerjøkulen, central-southern Norway: evidence from lacustrine sediments. The Holocene. 4: side 377-382.
- 1994. Degree of rock surface weathering as an indicator of ice-sheet thickness along an east-west transect across southern Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science. 4. 337-347.
- 1994. Degree of rock surface weathering as an indicator of ice-sheet thickness along an east-west transect across southern Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science. 4. 337-347.
- 1992. Quaternary erosion in the Sognefjord drainage basin, western Norway. Geomorphology. 5: 511-520.
- 1992. Sognefjorden - Hvor mye fjernet isbreene? Naturen. 5: 224-230.
- 1991. Late Holocene glacier variations in Bevringdalen, Jostedalsbreen region, western Norway (ca. 3200-1400 BP). The Holocene. 1-7.
- 1991. Autochthonous Block Fields in Southern Norway; Implications for the Thickness, Geometry,, and Isostatic Loading of the Late Weichselian Scandinavia Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science. 5: 225-234.
- 1991. Holocene glacier variations of Blåisen, Hardangerjøkulen, central southern Norway. Quaternary Research.
Reports and theses
- 2004. Late Weichselian and Holocene glacier fluctuations along a north-south coastal transect in Norway: climatic and methodological implications. Institutt for Geografi, Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen. 150 pages.
- 2004. Paleoclimate variability of arctic Norway constrained by physical parameters of lake sediments. Institutt for geovitenskap, UIB. 100 pages.
- 2001. Klima, skred og risiko, nyare resultat frå skredforskinga. 2. Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane, Sogndal. 51 pages.
- 2000. Folgefonna nasjonalpark - Oppfølgjande utgreiingar 2000. Kvartærgeologi. 65 pages.
- 1996. Glacier fluctuation, equilibrium-line altitudes and palaeoclimate during the Younger Dryas and Holocene in southern Norway (dr.scient thesis).
Book sections
- 2006. Winter precipitation anomalies during the Holocene, observed through reconstructed glacier fluctuations along the west coast of Norway. Chapter 3 ; Climatic inferences from glacier variations, pages 51-52. In:
- 2006. Global Change in Mountain Regions. 343 pages. ISBN: 0-9552282-2-0.
- 2006. Utilizing physical sediment variability in glacier-fed lakes for continuous glacier reconstructions during the Holocene, northern Folgefonna, western Norway. Chapter 3 ; Climatic inferences from glacier variations, pages 53-54. In:
- 2006. Global Change in Mountain Regions. 343 pages. ISBN: 0-9552282-2-0.
- 2005. Holocene glacier fluctuations and winter precipitation variations in southern Norway. 51-60, pages 51-60. In:
- 2005. Global Change and Mountain Regions. An Overview of Current Knowledge. Springer Publishing Company. 650 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4020-3506-7.
- 2005. Holocene Climate Bariability in the North Atlantic Region: a Review of Terrestrial and Marine Evidence. 158, pages 289-322. In:
- 2005. The Nordic Seas - An Integrated Perspective. American Geophysical Union (AGU). 366 pages. ISBN: 0-87590-423-8.
- 2004. Breen. Breen, pages 80-86. In:
- 2004. Naturhistorisk vegbok. Hordaland. 567 pages. ISBN: 82-7326-061-5.
- 2003. Glaciers and indicators of Holocene climate change. Kapittel, pages 264-280. In:
- 2003. Global change in the Holocene. Hodder Education. 528 pages. ISBN: 0-340-76223-3.
- 2003. Late Glacial and Holocene glaciers and climate in southern Norway. Artikkel. In:
- 2003. Encyklopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier. 3576 pages. ISBN: 0-444-51919-X.
- 2002. Spring/Summer Temperature Reconstruction Western Norway 1734-2002. In:
- 2002. DNMI-Den norske meteorologiske instituttt. DNMI.
- 2001. Terrasselandskapet i Etne. 12-15. In:
- 2001. Kulturhistorisk vegvisar Etne. ISBN: 82-7326-039-9.
- 1997. Berggrunnsgeologi og geomorfologi på Finse. 16-18. In:
- 1997. Finse - et senter for høyfjellsforskning. Et skrift til 25 års jubileet for Høyfjellsøkologisk forskningsstasjon, Finse. 1972-1997. ISBN: 82-90213-03-4.
- 1997. Brefluktuasjoner og klima på Finse gjennom de siste 10 000 år. Kapittel, pages 13-15. In:
- 1997. Finse - et senter for høyfjellsforskning. Et skrift til 25 års jubileet for Høyfjellsøkologisk forskningsstasjon, Finse. 1972-1997. ISBN: 82-90213-03-4.
- 1996. Importance of geological data in probabilistic seismic hazard assesments: A case study from Etne, Western Norway. 169-198. In:
- 1996. Earthquake Hazard and Risk.
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