The last glacial-interglacial cycle, western Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Despite an interest in the Quaternary history of the Svalbard archipelago that has spanned most of this century, the timing and extent of glacial activity across the archipelago remains controversial for the Weichselian prior to c. 13 ka B.P.; our knowledge of environmental change over the last 150...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Miller, Gifford H., Sejrup, Hans Petter, Lehman, Scott J., Forman, Steven L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
Subjects:
Arctic
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Polar Research
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2459
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6887
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Summary:Despite an interest in the Quaternary history of the Svalbard archipelago that has spanned most of this century, the timing and extent of glacial activity across the archipelago remains controversial for the Weichselian prior to c. 13 ka B.P.; our knowledge of environmental change over the last 150 ka throughout the Arctic is fragmentary and equivocal. Lacking an independent geochronology, even deposits of the last interglacial are rarely identifiable, and the number, duration and timing of glacial advances within the Weichselian are debated.

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