Ice-free conditions in Novaya Zemlya 35 000–30 000 cal years B.P., as indicated by radiocarbon ages and amino acid racemization evidence from marine molluscs

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mangerud, Jan, Kaufman, Darrell, Hansen, Jesper, Svendsen, John Inge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: Svalbard; Kya; Arctic; Ice Sheet; Novaya Zemlya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2883; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i2.6176

Novaya Zemlya was covered by the eastern part of the Barents–Kara ice sheet during the glacial maximum of marine isotope stage 2 (MIS 2). We obtained 14C ages on 37 samples of mollusc shells from various sites on the islands. Most samples yielded ages in the range of 48–26 14C Ky. Such old samples a...