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...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Salvigsen, Otto, Mangerud, Jan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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