The Last Glacial Maximum on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Mangerud, Jan, Bolstad, Magne, Elgersma, Anne, Helliksen, Dag, Landvik, Jon Y., Lønne, Ida, Lycke, Anne Katrine, Salvigsen, Otto, Sandahl, Tom, Svendsen, John Inge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: glacier; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Svalbard; Van Mijenfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(92)90027-g; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949290027G?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949290027G?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400023875

Abstract Most scientists have concluded previously that the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, remained ice-free during the late Weichselian, between 25,000 and 10,000 yr B.P. We conclude that the glaciation was more extensive. Terraces that were postulated to have been ice-free are covered by a t...