A 200 ka glaciation history from NW Svalbard

• Main Authors: Alexanderson, Helena, Henriksen, Mona, Ryen, Heidi T., Landvik, Jon Y., Peterson, Gustaf
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Geology; Boreas; Leinstranda; Ryen; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/6f0cb8b8-60c2-4704-b855-9fbc6788a9b5

Late Quaternary sedimentary units at Kongsfjordhallet, NW Svalbard, represent five cycles of glaciations and subsequent deglaciations during high relative sea levels. The high sea-level events are interpreted as glacioisostatically induced and imply preceding regional glaciations, which we constrain...