Arctic Ocean;Arctic Region ; C14 dating ; Glacial features ; Marine sediment ; Paleo-environment ; Quaternary ; Stratigraphy ; Svalbard
The main aim of this paper is to contribute to a resolution of the described controversy on the limit of the last glacier, and to provide an improved description and interpretation of the late Weichselian glaciation on western Svalbard
Periglacial structures in Svalbard as indicators of a Central European climate in the last glaciation
Arctique ; Coin de glace ; Couche active ; Europe ; Europe centrale ; Gélifluxion ; Paléo-environnement ; Permafrost ; Périglaciaire ; Stratigraphie ; Svalbard ; Zone climatique
Active layer ; Arctic Ocean;Arctic Region ; Central Europe ; Climatic zone ; Europe ; Gelifluction ; Ice wedge ; Palaeo-environment ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Stratigraphy ; Svalbard
The archipelago of the Svalbard Islands does not belong to the oceanic part of the periglacial zone but has its own diversified climate being humid-maritime on the coast and dry-continental in the interior. These differences in the periglacial
environments manifest themselves in contrasting structures of the active layer. The Svalbard archipelago where oceanic as well as continental facies of periglacial structures can be found at present provides a good representation of the spatial diversity