Late Quaternary terrigenous plant and coaly fragments found at Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait: implications for postglacial plant colonization at Svalbard

• Published in: Lethaia
• Main Authors: Hanken, Nils-Martin, Sztybor, Kamila, Høeg, Helge I., Karlsen, Dag Arild, Rasmussen, Tine Lander, Abay, Tesfamariam Berhane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Andøya; Norway; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Nordic Seas; North Norway; Northern Norway; Sea ice; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/97904; https://doi.org/10.18261/let.55.4.6

One of four marine cores of glacial sediments collected from a water depth of about 1200 m at Vestnesa Ridge (west of Svalbard) contained small fragments of coal, charcoal and moss. This material was restricted to a single level, and 14C dating of bivalves both above and below indicates an age of c....