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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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Chmal, Henryk
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2455
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6883