Pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the Hornsund area, Svalbard
The first radiocarbon datings of shells and whale bones from raised marine terraces of Hornsund (Birkenmajer & Olsson 1970) showed that with regard to Quaternary geology South Spitsbergen is very different from the rest of Svalbard. Birkenmajer & Olsson (1970) concluded that the 7.59.0 m ter...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2455 2023-05-15T16:34:55+02:00 Pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the Hornsund area, Svalbard Chmal, Henryk 1987-01-12 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2455 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6883 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2455/5706 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2455 doi:10.3402/polar.v5i3.6883 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 5 No. 3 (1987); 269-270 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1987 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6883 2021-11-11T19:12:43Z The first radiocarbon datings of shells and whale bones from raised marine terraces of Hornsund (Birkenmajer & Olsson 1970) showed that with regard to Quaternary geology South Spitsbergen is very different from the rest of Svalbard. Birkenmajer & Olsson (1970) concluded that the 7.59.0 m terrace is about 9,400 years B.P. (uncorrected). This altitude is unusually low in comparison with other Svalbard regions where in the Preboreal-Boreal period the relative sea-level was 3C-50 m or even 70m higher than today (Salvigsen 1981). On the other hand, in the Hornsund area very high terraces were recorded. Werenskiold (1922) reported the existence of a 340m terrace in S ~ r k a p pL and. In Steinvikdalen, Jahn (1959) found a well developed pebble beach at 2W230 m level as well as evidence of sea washing reaching 275 m a d . Article in Journal/Newspaper Hornsund Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen Polar Research (E-Journal) Svalbard Hornsund ENVELOPE(15.865,15.865,76.979,76.979) Birkenmajer ENVELOPE(-58.405,-58.405,-62.068,-62.068) Polar Research 5 3 269 270 |
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The first radiocarbon datings of shells and whale bones from raised marine terraces of Hornsund (Birkenmajer & Olsson 1970) showed that with regard to Quaternary geology South Spitsbergen is very different from the rest of Svalbard. Birkenmajer & Olsson (1970) concluded that the 7.59.0 m terrace is about 9,400 years B.P. (uncorrected). This altitude is unusually low in comparison with other Svalbard regions where in the Preboreal-Boreal period the relative sea-level was 3C-50 m or even 70m higher than today (Salvigsen 1981). On the other hand, in the Hornsund area very high terraces were recorded. Werenskiold (1922) reported the existence of a 340m terrace in S ~ r k a p pL and. In Steinvikdalen, Jahn (1959) found a well developed pebble beach at 2W230 m level as well as evidence of sea washing reaching 275 m a d . |
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Pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the Hornsund area, Svalbard |
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Pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the Hornsund area, Svalbard |
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Pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the Hornsund area, Svalbard |
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pleistocene sea level changes and glacial history of the hornsund area, svalbard |
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