Abstract
AbstractIn this paper, we explore geomorphological evidence allowing a first- order reconstruction of the extent and pattern of frozen-bed conditions under the last Fennoscandian ice sheet. We mapped relict landscapes, i.e. glacial landforms and subaerially developed ground surfaces predating the last ice sheet and marking sustained frozen- bed conditions, at four different spatial scales. At the ice-sheet scale, relict landscapes are most abundant between the Last Glacial Maximum ice divide and the elevation axis of the Scandinavian mountain range. The location of frozen-bed zones was mainly a function of dispersal centre location (low surface temperatures and small strain heating) and small ice thickness over the eastern flank of the mountain range. At the mesoscale (260 × 360 km map area), the pattern of relict surfaces is governed by inward-cutting ice-stream erosion.Topographical control was weak, but relation to flow pattern was strong, with the major frozen-bed zone located where ice flow was strongly divergent. At the regional scale (40 × 65 km map area) in hilly terrain, topographical control was strong with relict surfaces only appearing above a plane dipping in the up-ice direction. At the local scale (12 × 14 km map area), control by topography was likewise strong, but the detailed boundary pattern was irregular, with specific landforms occurring both up- and down-ice of frozen patches.
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