Mountain-derived versus shelf-based glaciations on the western Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hjort, Christian, Funder, Svend
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: Kara Sea; Taymyr; Kya; Arctic; Ice Shelves; Polar Research; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2887; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i2.6180

The early Russian researchers working in central Siberia seem to have preferred scenarios in which glaciations, in accordance with the classical glaciological concept, originated in the mountains. However, during the last 30 years or so the interest in the glacial history of the region has concentra...