The Late Weichselian and Holocene shoreline displacement on the west-central coast of Svalbard
Three well-developed raised marine shorelines along Nordenskioldkysten have been studied and correlated with the shoreline displacement since the last deglaciation. The marine limit of 64 m in the area is of Late Weichselian age and has been dated to 10,900- I1,OOO years B.P. An intermediate level a...
| Published in: | Polar Research |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
1987
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| Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2438 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i1.6866 |
| Summary: | Three well-developed raised marine shorelines along Nordenskioldkysten have been studied and correlated with the shoreline displacement since the last deglaciation. The marine limit of 64 m in the area is of Late Weichselian age and has been dated to 10,900- I1,OOO years B.P. An intermediate level at 50 m is estimated to be 10,600-10,000 years old and demonstrates a sea level stagnation probably caused by a glacier readvance in eastern Svalbard during the Younger Dryas. A Holocene transgression culminating shortly after 6,000 years B.P. has been stratigraphically demonstrated, and it probably correlates with the Tapes transgression of Scandinavia. No pre-Late Weichselian marine levels are found, and the large rebound can be attributed only to a Late Weichselian glaciation. |
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