Heavy mineral assemblages of the De Long Trough and southern Lomonosov Ridge glacigenic deposits: implications for the East Siberian Ice Sheet extent

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: R. Alatarvas, M. O'Regan, K. Strand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; De Long Islands; East Siberian Sea; East Siberian Shelf; Indigirka; Kolyma; Long Islands; Okhotsk; Verkhoyansk; Chukotka; Ice Sheet; kolyma river; Lomonosov Ridge; SWERUS-C3
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1867-2022; https://doaj.org/article/24fc242e8e5644a8bdccf0387700c99d

The Arctic's glacial history has classically been interpreted from marine records in terms of the fluctuations of the Eurasian and North American ice sheets. However, the extent and timing of the East Siberian Ice Sheet (ESIS) have remained uncertain. A recently discovered glacially scoured cro...