Glacial and palaeoenvironmental history of the Cape Chelyuskin area, Arctic Russia

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-248

  Möller, Per ^a   Fedorov, Grigorij ^b   Pavlov, Maxim ^b   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^c   Sparrenbom, Charlotte ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eemian; Glacial geology; Glacial stratigraphy; Kara Sea ice sheet; Siberia

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; EEMIAN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RAISED BEACH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TILL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BYRRANGA MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; KARA SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAYMYR; TAYMYR PENINSULA;

EID: 48049105487     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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