Past glaciation and sea levels on Bjørnøya, Svalbard
Bjørnøya has a very thin cover of unconsolidated Quaternary sediments. Glacial erratics of local origin are spread throughout the lowland areas, and glacial striae indicate glacial movement which was centred middle of the island. No traces of the Barents Sea ice sheet have been observed on Bjørnøya,...
| Published in: | Polar Research |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
1995
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| Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1950 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i2.6666 |