Glaciotectonised Quaternary sediments at Cape Shpindler, Yugorski Peninsula, Arctic Russia: implications for glacial history, ice movements and Kara Sea Ice Sheet configuration

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Lokrantz, Hanna, Ingólfsson, Ólafur, Forman, Steven L.
• Other Authors: Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council, YMER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Kara Sea; Shpindler; glacier; Ice; Ice Sheet; Novaya Zemlya; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.771; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.771; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.771

Abstract The coastal cliffs of Cape Shpindler, Yugorski Peninsula, Arctic Russia, occupy a key position for recording overriding ice sheets during past glaciations in the Kara Sea area, either from the Kara Sea shelf or the uplands of Yugorski Peninsula/Polar Urals. This study on Late Quaternary gla...