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dc.contributor.authorErikstad, Lars
dc.contributor.authorBakkestuen, Vegar
dc.contributor.authorDahl, Rolv Magne
dc.contributor.authorArntsen, Mari Lie
dc.contributor.authorMargreth, Annina
dc.contributor.authorAngvik, Tine Larsen
dc.contributor.authorWickström, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-08T12:25:06Z
dc.date.available2022-06-08T12:25:06Z
dc.date.created2022-05-25T09:47:16Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.issn2079-9276
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2997919
dc.description.abstractIn Norway, a landscape map exists which gives the opportunity to collect data in landscape units for further analysis. This study covers parts of Norway and Sweden, so the landscape map was extended into Sweden to form a unified landscape structure. A collection of geological and terrain data within landscape units can serve as a tool to describe the geodiversity profile of the units, study their geographical distribution and analyse similarities and dissimilarities between them. We collected geological and terrain data for an area covering large parts of southern Norway and Sweden. The data were collected as attributes in landscape polygons. The data were then analysed using multivariate techniques (Principle component analyses) where the first four axes of variation were definable. The first axis is a terrain axis, the second a bedrock unit axis, the third a bedrock diversity axis and the fourth a soil/sediment axis. In total, the four gradients answer for 54.9% of the total variation in the material. Links are found between the terrain data and geological units, but these links are relatively weak. The four gradients represent a step-less model of the geodiversity profile of the landscape areas but are dependent on the quality and scale of the input data. Norwegian and Swedish data had to be harmonised in order to be analysed together; however, because of this they ended up having a coarser resolution than desired, both spatially and scientifically. The stepless model was clustered to form 16 geodiversity profile groups for easy comparison and regional overview. The procedure can serve as a baseline for more detailed and field-based studies of geodiversity profiles, and give the opportunity to make analytical maps through simple overlay techniques and to compare areas with each other with respect to their geodiversity profile. This can be carried out both alone and in a wider landscape setting. geodiversity profile; geodiversity clustering; landscape; multivariate analysisen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectgeodiversity profileen_US
dc.subjectgeodiversity clusteringen_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectmultivariate analysisen_US
dc.titleMultivariate Analysis of Geological Data for Regional Studies of Geodiversityen_US
dc.title.alternativeMultivariate Analysis of Geological Data for Regional Studies of Geodiversityen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2022 The Authors. CC-BYen_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalResourcesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ resources11060051
dc.identifier.cristin2027211
dc.relation.projectEgen institusjon: SGUen_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Norske Parkeren_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Region Dalarneen_US
dc.relation.projectEgen institusjon: Norwegian institute for nature research (NINA)en_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Interreg Sweden–Norway programme 2014–2020 Inner Scandinaviaen_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 160022en_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Regional Development Fund of Innlandet county (Norway)en_US
dc.relation.projectEgen institusjon: NGUen_US
dc.source.articlenumber51en_US
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