A review of postglacial emergence on Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, northern Eurasia

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Forman, S.L., Lubinski, D.J., Ingolfsson, O., Zeeberg, J.J., Snyder, J.A., Siegert, M.J., Matishov, G.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: arctic russia; barents sea; holocene shoreline displacement; last-glacial-maximum; late quaternary stratigraphy; prins-karls-forland; rapid climatic shifts; sea-level history; weichselian ice-sheet; western yamal peninsula; Arctic; Barents Sea; Bell Island; Franz Josef Land; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard; Yamal Peninsula; glacier; Ice Sheet; Kongsøya; Novaya Zemlya; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/a-review-of-postglacial-emergence-on-svalbard-franz-josef-land-an; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.007

The pattern of postglacial emergence in the Barents Sea is pivotal to constraining the timing of deglaciation and extent and thickness of the last ice sheet in northern Eurasia. This review unites records of Holocene relative sea level from Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zemlya to better und...