Glacier extent in a Novaya Zemlya fjord during the “Little Ice Age” inferred from glaciomarine sediment records

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Zeeberg, Jaap Jan, Forman, Steven L., Polyak, Leonid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Russkaya; glacier; Novaya Zemlya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2120; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v22i2.6467

Glacier activity at Russkaya Gavan', north-west Novaya Zemlya (Arctic Russia), is reconstructed by particle size analysis of three fjord sediment cores in combination with 14C and 210Pb dating. Down-core logging of particle size variation reveals at least two intervals with sediment coarsening...