ABSTRACT
The glacial geomorphology between the lakes Vänern and Vättern is presented on a 1:220,000 scale, LiDAR-based map covering approximately 18,000 km2. Fifteen landform units have been mapped; end moraines, De Geer moraines, drumlins, crag-and-tails, hummock tracts and corridors, irregular ridges, murtoos, eskers, deltas/sandur, outwash complexes, meltwater channels, boulder bars/sheets, the Timmersdala ridge, raised shorelines, sand dunes and prominent landslide scars (the last three are post-glacial). The area includes moraines associated with the Younger Dryas cold interval and drainage deposits of the Baltic Ice Lake. Additionally, the map reveals previously undetected geomorphic features including (1) murtoos, (2) abundant traces of meltwater erosion manifested as channels and hummock corridors, (3) laterally extensive end-moraine systems (the Remmene and Kungslena ice-margin positions) and (4) the distinct lobate shape of end moraines formed above the highest shoreline. This map provides a uniform base for future use in georesources, paleo ice-sheet modelling, geologic history, and geoconservation.
1. Introduction
The Quaternary geomorphology of the landscape between Vänern and Vättern (the largest and second largest lakes in Sweden, respectively) developed prior to, during and after the Younger Dryas cold interval (YD; e.g. CitationHughes et al., 2016; CitationLundqvist, 2004) and provides essential information for understanding the behaviour of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet (FIS) deglaciation. That is, how glacier-ice moved, eroded, transported, and deposited sediment.
The diverse nature of this plateau-hill landscape has brought geoscientists to this region since at least the eighteenth century (CitationKalm, 1746; Citationvon Linné, 1747), followed by the first published geological maps in Sweden (CitationHermelin, 1767; CitationHisinger, 1797). However, most Quaternary research has been produced over the last century.
The most significant Quaternary features arguably include the Middle Swedish end-moraine zone (MSEMZ), which crosses the mapping area west to east, and features associated with the drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake.
Although this is one of the most thoroughly investigated Quaternary landscapes of northern Europe, a uniform and complete mapping of the Quaternary geomorphology has never been carried out. The purpose of the map is to serve societal planning needs and as a base for scientific studies in paleoglaciology and Quaternary history. The detail of the present map has been possible in large part due to the advent of ice-sheet/sector scale light detection and ranging (LiDAR) derived elevation data, which has enabled high-resolution mapping of previously undetected landforms and new details on previously well-known landforms (e.g. CitationJohnson et al., 2015).
This map (Main Map) aims to provide a basis for all these uses, but above all to improve the understanding of the distribution and evolution of glacial landforms in the area between Lake Vänern and Lake Vättern.
1.1. Physiography of the study area
The mapped area lies in southern Sweden (), and the large-scale physiography can be divided into three regions: (1) the flat, well-preserved sub-Cambrian peneplain, (2) the remnant Lower Phanerozoic plateau hills, and (3) the uplifted and eroded parts of the peneplain (CitationJohansson, 2003; CitationLidmar-Bergström, 1999).
The peneplain is a low-relief feature of granite and gneissic-granite bedrock of Precambrian age that extends over large parts of Fennoscandia (CitationLidmar-Bergström, 1996; CitationLidmar-Bergström et al., 2013; CitationWestergård, 1931). The plateau hills, for example Billingen and Kinnekulle ((B)), are remnants of a previously extensive Paleozoic cover of sedimentary rocks (e.g. CitationAhlberg et al., 2013). In the southern part of the study area there is a tectonically uplifted area, corresponding to the northern slopes of the South Swedish Dome (CitationLidmar-Bergström, 1999; CitationLidmar-Bergström et al., 2017). Additionaly, there are two other uplifted crystalline bedrock features, which are of great importance when interpreting the course of events interconnected to the final drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake (see CitationStrömberg, 1992 and referenses therein). Hökensås is a horst bordering the lake Vättern graben (CitationAndréasson & Rodhe, 1990, Citation1992; CitationMånsson, 1996), and Klyftamon at the centre of the Main Map, is marked by a dip-slip fault-line scarp (e.g. CitationAhlberg et al., 2013).
Superposed on this bedrock landscape lie the Quaternary landforms mapped in this study. SGUs drift-depth model (Citation2015a; inset on the Main Map) reveal some interesting patterns. Most obvious is the thickness of sediment deposited during the YD (i.e. MSEMZ).
1.2. Previous mapping
The Quaternary surficial deposits and geomorphology in the study area have been previously mapped with different scales and coverage. A reference list of maps produced in the area is presented in and shown in (A). Geomorphologic features are usually included – but not uniformly documented – in the surficial-deposit mapping by the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) (moraine ridges, drumlins, eskers, beach ridges, dunes, fluvial channels), and many prominent features (especially moraines) have been shown on national-scale maps (CitationLundqvist, 1961; CitationLundqvist & Wohlfarth, 2001; CitationStroeven et al., 2016). Although this region has been thoroughly studied, there is no complete coverage, concerning scale and geologic representation. Plenty of research has focused on the most prominent features or events in the region, this has perhaps led to the lack of comprehensive regional mapping. Consequently, regional mapping of the geomorphology at the resolution performed in this study on a homogeneous dataset has not been carried out before.
Table 1. List of previous maps in the area, which have included some glacial morphology. Read together with .
1.3. A brief description of the deglacial history
After reaching the late glacial maximum position in Germany, the FIS began to melt back. The ice margin reached the southwestern parts of the mapping area around 13,600 cal yr BP during the Bølling warm period, during the YD the ice margin readvanced or experienced stillstands, and it finally left the northern tip of the map at 11,100 cal yr BP during the early Holocene (CitationHughes et al., 2016; CitationPåsse & Daniels, 2015; CitationStroeven et al., 2016).
These events left the position of the former ice margin clearly marked with a series of end moraines, including those formed during the YD. The ice margin retreated northwards in a marine environment west and north of Billingen, and several glacial lakes including Tidan, Vättern and the Baltic Ice Lake, were formed east of Billingen ((B); CitationPåsse & Pile, 2016), marked by paleo shorelines and lake sediment. Approximately 65% of the study area experienced a marine or lacustrine deglaciation due to isostatic depression (CitationSGU, 2015c). The Baltic Ice Lake existed east of Billingen until the ice margin reached Billingens northern tip causing the water level in the Baltic to reach sea level (CitationBjörck, 1995; CitationJakobsson et al., 2007; CitationStrömberg, 1992).
Shorter-term events were also important, especially north of the YD moraines, where the abundant De Geer moraines witnesses of seasonal response rather than being related to longer-term events (CitationDe Geer, 1889; CitationHoppe, 1959).
2. Methods
The landforms were mapped using the Swedish national elevation model, a 2 m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) derived from airborne LiDAR (CitationLantmäteriet, 2016). Alternating use of five hillshades, with illumination azimuths of 270°, 315°, 0°, 45°, and 90°, slope and aspect models enabled unbiased mapping of landforms. Scales studied were approximately 1:8000 during the elementary mapping (single features) except for larger scale features which were mapped at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000. The map display scale is 1:220,000.
To further support landform interpretations, SGU geological maps and databases were used including the Surficial Deposit Database (CitationSGU, 2016e) throughout, as well as Drift Depth (CitationSGU, 2015a), Bedrock (CitationSGU, 2016a), Glacial Striations (CitationSGU, 2015b), Landslides and Ravines (CitationSGU, 2016c) and Geophysical data such as Magnetic Field (CitationSGU, 2016d) and Gamma Radiation (CitationSGU, 2016b). Landforms with uncertain origin were inspected on 0.5 m resolution orthophotos (CitationLantmäteriet, 2015) and by Google StreetView and/or Microsoft Bird’s Eye (CitationSIGGIS, 2016) where such information was available for ‘desktop fieldwork’. Paleogeographic shoreline displacement maps by CitationPåsse and Daniels (2015) assisted the mapping. The paleo-water depth map (inset on the Main Map) was modelled from data in the SGU Highest Coastline database (CitationSGU, 2015c) using ArcGIS tools (CitationESRI, 2018); raster calculation (Minus) and interpolation (NaturalNeighbor) from points extracted (FeatureVerticesToPoints) from the generated SGU polygons. It shows the maximum water depth reached over time at a given location.
The mapped geomorphology has been selectively verified with field controls during 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 with a main focus to assess ambiguous landforms. Mapping was cross-checked with previous investigations ((A) and ). Some landforms, for example in the units glacial lineations and shorelines, have deliberately been left out for the sake of map clarity.
3. Results – mapped landforms
The new glacial geomorphological map of the study area presents a more detailed inventory of landforms than previous studies. There are more individual landforms as well as more types of landforms presented here than recognised before. Although the map is focused on glacial geomorphology, three units – shorelines, sand dunes and landslide scarps – are postglacial. presents the individual count of the over 30,000 features mapped. The mapped units are described in the following section. Locations of the presented figures are shown in (B).
Table 2. More than 30,000 features where mapped in this study. The individual count and sum of landforms are displayed, as well as the type of map feature.
3.1. Glacial lineations
Glacial lineations include erosional and constructional, elongated to oval landforms composed of sediment that record the ice-flow orientation. The lineations are divided into ‘crag-and-tails’ and ‘drumlins’. Glacial lineations are presented as a symbol indicating the orientation of the mapped feature. Both types appear over the entire area; below and above the highest shoreline, in smooth streamlined areas, in areas of high and low relief, and even in hummock tracts.
A visible obstacle such as bedrock or other obstruction at the up-ice end of the landform is the requirement for a crag-and-tail. Particularly striking are the long-streamlined tails that emerge out from the down-ice edges of several of the plateau hills (). The median length of crag and tails in the region is 297 m (P50), with the longest features being more than 600 m (P90: 642 m).
All other glacial lineations are mapped as drumlins. Drumlins with the classical egg-half shape occur as a swarm in a topographic low northeast of Billingen. At the up-ice side of Billingen and Kinnekulle, pre-crag drumlins are observed (inset in ). The median length of drumlins in the region is 312 m (P50), with the longest features being more than 700 m (P90: 734 m).
Previous mapping of drumlins (CitationSGU, 2016e) only shows a fraction (570) of the 6500 that are presented here. Glacial striations (CitationSGU, 2015b; inset on the Main Map) correspond well to the big picture presented by lineations. However, the mapped lineations provide more details, especially at the map centre and eastern parts where striations are rare.
3.2. Hummock tracts and corridors
We define hummocks as mounds and ridges occurring in a disorganised to semi-ordered manner. Hummock tracts are mapped where the landscape is composed of predominantly hummocks. The hummock tracts are commonly elongate and occur subparallel to ice-flow direction (). The majority of hummock tracts occur above the highest shoreline. Within the hummock tracts, the hummocks often occur clustered in depressions. Hummocks that are more linear and elongated are mapped as ‘irregular ridges within hummock tracts’.
Hummock corridors are mapped only where an elongate hummock tract has sharply defined boundaries to the surrounding, smooth till plain. These can be assumed to be most clearly developed in areas with extensive till cover. Consequently, this reflect the distribution of corridors within the mapped area. The longitudinal axes of the corridors can occur on slopes dipping up-slope or down-slope with respect to the former ice-flow direction (). Many of the hummock tracts exist as corridors, and they occur in a radial pattern that is roughly parallel to regional ice-flow direction ( and ). Moreover, hummock corridors have been suggested to reflect former large-scale subglacial meltwater flow beneath ice sheets (CitationPeterson & Johnson, 2018; CitationSharpe et al., 2017; CitationUtting et al., 2009). Although glacial hummocks have been commonly associated with dead-ice processes, we consider the hummock tracts to be the product of multiple processes including dead-ice melting (CitationJohnson & Clayton, 2003; CitationPeterson & Johnson, 2018).
3.3. Ribbed moraines
Ribbed moraines are curved or anastomosing ridges, oriented normal to ice flow. Obvious ribbed moraine in the sense of the Swedish Åsnen (CitationMöller, 1987) or Rogen (CitationLundqvist, 1969b) types does not occur. There are however some tracts with ribbed-ridge patterns (c.f. CitationDunlop & Clark, 2006) and in a few locations, they have a distinct appearance.
3.4. Murtoos
Murtoos (CitationOjala et al., 2019) occur in the study area (). These landforms have a V-shape with apices oriented down ice. Occasionally, the V is one legged, i.e. only one scarp, and appear somewhat ragged. They are asymmetric with a gentle stoss side and steep lee-side slope. Murtoos occur in fields and are in places located at the down-ice side of hills.
3.5. Eskers
Eskers generally occur along valley floors, but rarely in the centre, preferring to form on either or both sides of the larger valleys. Eskers are not present at the surface in the western part of the map. The reason for this is not obvious but we suggest that abundant marine clay sediment could have covered them. Although it is most obvious for eskers, this is true also for other glacial landforms; such as drumlins and moraines. Spacing between eskers is commonly between 5 and 20 km with an average of 13 km, north of the YD moraines. South of the YD moraines, on the northern slopes of the south Swedish dome, the esker spacing is 2–7 km. The eskers are generally both wider and higher in the marine-terminating area (north of the YD), which, together with a higher retreat rate (e.g. CitationHughes et al., 2016), would indicate that larger channels instead of increasing numbers were formed during ice-margin retreat.
3.6. De Geer moraines
De Geer moraines are low-relief, parallel to subparallel, distinct and sharp crested ridges that occur in swarms. They are interpreted as subaquatic, ice-marginal ridges, oriented normal to ice flow (CitationDe Geer, 1940). CitationOjala et al. (2015) show a strong correlation of ridge spacing and proglacial water depth implying ice-margin retreat was faster in deeper water. Our analysis shows that the ridges were formed in water depths between 0 and 110 m, however, without any clear connection between appearance and depth.
Many De Geer moraines are likely ice-marginal annual moraines, but others that are more irregular may have had a more complicated genesis, including squeezing in near-margin crevasses (CitationBouvier et al., 2015; CitationOjala et al., 2015; CitationStrömberg, 1965). De Geer moraines are often well developed and equally spaced, which is commonly interpreted as due to annual formation (CitationBouvier et al., 2015; CitationLundqvist, 1969a).
In general, the De Geer moraines are better preserved in low relief areas but can appear in more rugged bedrock dominated areas as well. In few places, for example along Hökensås, Kinnekulle and just east of the Remmene’ IMP, De Geer moraines are mapped above the highest shoreline of the sea, interpreted to have formed in proglacial lakes.
3.7. End moraines
Individual end moraines in the area have a size range between c. 20–700 m in width and between 100 m to 15 km in length, and the majority are widely traceable laterally as ice-margin positions (IMP), including the well-known Trollhättan and Levene moraines and the MSEMZ.
The MSEMZ is a swath of end moraines that were formed by an oscillating, retreating ice-margin (CitationJohnson & Ståhl, 2010; CitationJohnson et al., 2019; CitationStrömberg, 1992, Citation1994) during the YD (e.g. CitationJohnson & Ståhl, 2010; CitationLundqvist & Wohlfarth, 2001; CitationStroeven et al., 2016). The MSEMZ is shaded on the Main Map. The MSEMZ are broadly chrono-correlated to the Norwegian Ra-Ås-Ski moraines (CitationAndersen et al., 1995) and the Finnish Salpausselkä moraines (CitationDe Geer, 1917b, Citation1917a; CitationDonner, 2010).
South of the MSEMZ lie end moraines that mark the Levene IMP and the Trollhättan IMP (CitationBerglund, 1979; CitationLundqvist & Wohlfarth, 2001; CitationStroeven et al., 2016). However, an additional band of end-moraine segments representing an IMP located between the Trollhättan- and Levene IMPs can be followed continuously for c. 43 km, and it seems this position has not been reported before, except for an eastern portion of one, 8 km long, mapped by CitationStroeven et al. (2016). This IMP is here referred to as the ‘Remmene moraine’ ((A)).
In the centre of the Tidan basin, there are end moraines that form a distinct IMP south of the MSEMZ for 20 km, here referred to as the ‘Kungslena moraine’ ((B)). The western segment (3 km) is mapped in CitationStroeven et al. (2016). On the eastern side of Billingen and south of the multiple MSEMZ ridges at Skövde is an end moraine that often is included in the MSEMZ (e.g. CitationBerglund, 1979; CitationLundqvist & Wohlfarth, 2001) and correlated to the Skara and Norra Lundby moraines west of Billingen (CitationMunthe, 1928). Here, we call it the ‘Värsås moraine’ but do not include it in the MSEMZ as done previously (e.g. CitationBerglund, 1979; CitationLundqvist & Wohlfarth, 2001) because it lies further south (8 km) of the otherwise closely spaced MSEMZ moraines at Skövde.
3.8. Crevasse-squeeze ridges
These are ridges that largely reflect the crevasse pattern of the glacier and are associated to surging glaciers in soft-sediment environments; generates an extending ice tension at the glacier snout (CitationSharp, 1985; CitationEvans & Rea, 1999).
A cluster of ridges located inside a small lobate moraine, the Floby lobe (), south of Billingen are interpreted as crevasse-squeeze ridges, based on their radial pattern that merges into a transverse one c. 2 km inside the margin and its soft sediment nature.
3.9. Deltas and sandur
This landform unit includes plateaus and other flat-topped accumulations of glaciofluvial sediments that often have a delta shape. They record the water level at the time of formation.
Some of the delta and sandur surfaces are graded to sea level or to water levels in the Baltic basin, but some represent more local ice-dammed lakes. This is common along the southwest side of Vättern, where the Vättern ice lobe recurrently dammed water at various levels during deglaciation (CitationGreenwood et al., 2015; CitationWaldemarson, 1986) and in the Tidan basin where numerous lake levels have been identified (CitationPåsse & Pile, 2016).
3.10. Outwash complexes
Large accumulations of glaciofluvial outwash where no clear delta or sandur surface is visible in the data set have been mapped as ‘outwash complexes’. Pits from melting dead ice are common. The most prominent outwash complexes are the extensive areas of outwash around Skövde and west of Billingen; an area known as Valle Härad.
3.11. Meltwater channels
Channels incised into surficial deposits or sedimentary bedrock by the erosional forces of subglacial or proglacial meltwater are included in this unit. Proglacial meltwater can be forced along or close to the ice margin and could therefore record the ice-margin position (CitationGreenwood et al., 2007; CitationMannerfelt, 1949), for example, as channels cutting into drumlins (). Channels related to Late-glacial to early-Holocene meltwater activity are hard to distinguish from recent drainage channels, however it is reasonable to assume that Holocene channels follow similar pathways as the ones eroded by glacial meltwater.
3.12. Boulder bars/sheets and the Timmersdala ridge
These two map units include landforms associated with the final drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake. Most of these are located on Klyftamon and are special features on the Main Map (). These deposits have been reported to be composed of massive, coarse, poorly sorted and loose sediment (; CitationJohansson, 1926; CitationLundqvist, 1931; CitationÖhrling et al., 2014; CitationPåsse & Pile, 2016; CitationStrömberg, 1992). The morphology displays elongated landforms laid down in the direction of drainage flow occurring at topographic locations where the flow would have lost competence; all boulder bars are located promptly in the lee of protruding bedrock. The boulder sheets are located also on lee sides but foremost where water depth would have increased abruptly.
The Timmersdala ridge formed during the drainage, but has a unique morphology and sedimentology (CitationPåsse & Pile, 2016) and deserves a separate map unit due to its unique character and well-debated genesis (CitationJohansson, 1926, Citation1937; CitationLundqvist, 1931; CitationPåsse & Pile, 2016; CitationStrömberg, 1992). The landform is a large ridge transverse to ice flow, crossing a 2.5 km wide depression. The Timmersdala ridge has been considered both an end-moraine (CitationRamsay, 1924; CitationLundqvist et al., 1931) and a drainage deposit (CitationGavelin, 1926; CitationJohansson, 1926, Citation1937). CitationPåsse and Pile (2016) show that the ridge is generally built up from east to west indicating a progradation of the form during construction. Boulders are common on the ridge surface but rare in exposures. These characteristics led CitationPåsse and Pile (2016) to interpret the ridge as a drainage feature formed in a subglacial tunnel.
The drainage event and the deposits formed during this event are discussed in depth in a forthcoming manuscript (CitationÖhrling et al., 2020).
3.13. Shorelines
Paleo shorelines were formed by sediment erosion (forming a wave-cut cliff), deposition (forming a beach ridge or beach plain), or both. Many of the mapped shorelines represent the highest shoreline of the sea (99–162 m a.s.l. in the study area), but some are from ice-dammed lakes, including the Baltic Ice Lake and glacial Lake Tidan. At several locations along Hökensås there are delta surfaces or shorelines high above the highest shoreline. The highest mapped shoreline, from this mapping, is situated in the Hökensås area at 268 m a.s.l. Furthermore, the mapping shows shorelines at 150 m a.s.l. on the north-northeastern slopes of Billingen and at 125 m a.s.l. on the northwestern side. This supports the prevalent view of the water level in the BIL before and after the drainage (e.g. CitationLundqvist, 1921, Citation1931).
3.14. Sand dunes
The sand dunes mapped are directly associated with lake beds, glaciofluvial deltas or superimposed on eskers and raised beach ridges where sand would have been plentiful. The largest fields are found at former low-relief beaches, often in connection to eskers or outwash complexes.
The mapped sand dunes exhibit a wide variety of dune morphologies, including barchan, straight crested, parabolic, irregular, or mounds. The vast majority of the dunes occur in five dune fields. The three largest fields are located at c. 80–100 m a.s.l. in the southwestern and central parts of the Main Map.
3.15. Prominent landslide scars
Knowledge of landslide locations can be used for general assessment of landslide susceptibility and ground stability. Landslide scars were identified by scars and slide masses. We only include four significant landslides for two reasons. First, these are interpreted as to have occurred in early Holocene due to land uplift; the Råda landslide (CitationSmith et al., 2014, Citation2017), the Mariedal landslide (S. CitationJohansson, 1937; CitationSmith et al., 2017), the Lerdala landslide (CitationSmith et al., 2017) and the Lidetorp landslide. Second, inclusion of younger scars would affect map-reading clarity as well as not being directly connected to the deglacial history.
4. Discussion
The Late glacial and early Holocene geomorphology between Sweden’s two biggest lakes Vänern and Vättern is presented in a map with scale 1:220,000.
The landform record within this map (Main Map) provides more detail and provides a basis for future ice-margin and ice-dynamic reconstructions.
In this discussion we aim to draw attention to features and landforms characteristics that have emerged specifically from this mapping.
4.1. Lobate end moraines vs. straight end moraines and new end moraines
Significantly, there are two new, laterally continuous, ice-marginal lines that we have mapped. We refer to them here as the Remmene and Kungslena IMPs (). The Trollhättan and Levene IMPs have been recognised for over 80 years (see CitationBerglund, 1979), and they occur as nearly straight lines where the ice margin was in the sea.
Most striking is that all of these ice-margin positions are marked by lobate end moraines where they were formed above the highest shoreline (). CitationStroeven et al. (2016) mapped end moraines, and the lobate shape can be discerned in their Figure 11. But our Main Map shows the distinct lobate form in these moraines as well as in the Remmene end moraine.
There are about 25 such moraine lobes across the upland south of Billingen. The lobes tend to be parallel to each other when comparing adjacent IMPs. The lobation does not appear to be related to the bedrock topography along the actual ice-margin position but seems to reflect the topography up-ice of these features, for example the plateau hills. Additionally, the lobe positions seem to be related to the subglacial drainage system indicated by the hummock corridors (see 4.2). The crevasse-squeeze ridges inside the Floby lobe () imply a surging ice lobe. The mechanism regarding meltwater and lobes is further discussed in Section 4.2. The straight-line orientation of these IMPs to the west is suggested to reflect the calving margin of the ice and the evenness of the subcambrian peneplain, which produced a uniform water depth.
4.2. Distribution of Hummock tracts and hummock corridors
Hummock tracts reveal a pattern of radial corridors (), roughly parallel to the ice-flow direction.
Some hummock corridors are cut into the streamlined uplands and have a negative transverse profile, these can be interpreted as tunnel valleys (CitationUssing, 1903; CitationWright, 1973), whereas others occur as positive forms and are interpreted as subglacial, glacifluvial meltwater corridors, draped on pre-existing lineations (CitationBrennand & Sharpe, 1993; CitationPeterson & Johnson, 2018; CitationSt-Onge, 1984). In both cases, the corridors post-date the subglacial streamlining.
The hummock corridors in the southern supra-marine part of the landscape have an interesting pattern where found with the lobate end moraines. The corridors are often truncated along the lines of these lobate end moraines (), suggesting that they could have been erased or covered by deposits from advancing ice lobes. The corridors are most commonly associated with the interlobate areas. This indicates that there could be a relationship between the corridors and the spatial distribution of the lobes. The concentration of meltwater into the interlobate areas could increase the effective pressure and consequently increase friction at the ice-bed interface close to the corridor. Contrary, in the lobate areas effective pressure is lower, inhibiting friction leading to increased ice-flow velocity (e.g. CitationBoulton et al., 2009).
The geomorphic expression is insufficient to differentiate between hummocks formed from the melting solely of dead-ice and those associated with subglacial meltwater. Although many of the hummock tracts appear as hummock corridors, many hummocky areas are likely also the result of dead-ice melting. Nonetheless, De Geer moraines or eskers in places superpose hummocks, supporting a subglacial genesis for some of the hummock tracts. Moreover, the longitudinally undulating centrelines of corridors, adverse to flow direction in places, indicates evidence of a high hydrological pressure.
5. Conclusions
This map (Main Map) presents an inventory of Late glacial-early Holocene landforms between Vänern and Vättern based on LiDAR DEMs.
We regard as stand-out observations the following:
A distinct morphological change in the end moraines of several ice-margin positions from straight, where the ice margin lay in the sea, to lobate where the ice margin was above the marine limit.
Widespread radial hummock corridors likely formed in relation to subglacial meltwater activity.
Murtoos occur within the mapped area.
Over 30,000 individual landforms were mapped, which presumably will help bring the understanding of the FIS deglaciation forward. For example: Mapped shore levels increase the precision of the IMP before, during, and after the drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake; Shore levels, glaciofluvial landforms, and moraines enables an improved model of the interaction between the large paleo glacial lakes; Imprints from extensive glacial meltwater enforce the re-interpretation of several areas of hummocky terrain. We hope this map will encourage formulation of new questions, bring clues to old ones, and promote geodiversity actions in the area.
Software and computer equipment
The mapping was carried out using ESRI ArcGIS® 10.2 and 10.3. The final layout of the Main Map was produced with Adobe Illustrator® 24.0.2. All mapping was conducted on a Wacom® CINTIQ® 27” digital drawing board.
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We thank the Swedish Geological Survey for funding. The main author thanks Oskar Isaksson Dreyer for the collaboration with the drainage sediments on Klyftamon. We thank Jan Lundqvist, Mats Olvmo, and Jakob Heyman for comments on the manuscript and the map. Further, we thank the reviewers Sarah Greenwood and Frances Butcher for thoughtful comments that greatly improved the manuscript, and also the cartographic reviewer Nicholas Scarle. Finally, we are grateful for the help from the associate editor Paul Dunlop.
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