Holocene shoreline displacement at Agardhbukta, eastern Spitsbergen, Svalbard
An emergence curve based on nine radiocarbon dated samples of mosses, shells, whale bones and driftwood has been constructed for Agardhbukta. Beach sediments and delta deposits were found up to c. 50 m above sea level, and the oldest date goes back to about 10, 000 yrs BP. However, the possibility o...
Published in: | Polar Research |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
1991
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Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2346 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v9i1.6775 |