Abstract. In 2018 and 2019, field studies were conducted on the Tersky coast of the White Sea, aimed at obtaining detailed geochronometric data for sections of the Late Pleistocene on the southern coast of the Kola Peninsula. The data obtained allowed us to confirm the predominance of marine sedimentary environment in the White Sea basin during MIS 4-3.

Keywords: Late Pleistocene, sections, dating, Tersky coast, White Sea

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Zaretskaya N.E., Korsakova O.P., Molod’kov A.N., Grigoriev V.A. Late Pleistocene sections of the Tersky Coast, White Sea: stratigraphy and new data // Relief and Quaternary deposits of the Arctic, Subarctic and North-West Russia. 2019. Issue 6. P. 40-46. doi:10.24411/2687-1092-2019-10607