Weichselian stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments at Bellsund, western Svalbard

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: LANDVIK, JON Y., BOLSTAD, MAGNE, LYCKE, ANNE KATRINE, MANGERUD, JAN, SEJRUP, HANS PETTER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Bellsund; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1992.tb00039.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1992.tb00039.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1992.tb00039.x

A coastal cliff facing the ocean at the west coast of Spitsbergen has been studied, and seven formations of Weichselian and Holocene age have been identified. A reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment and glacial history shows that most of the sediments cover isotope stage 5. From the base of the se...