Essays about: "Lars Petter Hällberg"

Found 1 essay containing the words Lars Petter Hällberg.

  1. 1. Arctic Loess as an Environmental Archive: Holocene Dust and Wildfire Record in West Greenland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lars Petter Hällberg; [2018]
    Keywords : aeolian dust; IRSL; luminescence dating; charcoal analysis; magnetic susceptibility; wildfire;

    Abstract : The largest wildfire ever observed in Greenland raged through its tundra during august 2017, and it is unknown if there have been similar wildfires in the area before satellite monitoring began in 1999. Arctic wildfires affect permafrost degradation, carbon storage of soils and the surface albedo of the Greenland Ice sheet – despite this, local fires have previously been ignored by researchers. READ MORE