Main features of Late Pleistocene and Holocene deposits in section near Poolepynten on Prins Karls Forland (Spitsbergen Archipelago) according to the results of field work

Okunev A.S.¹, Soloveva D.A.², Verkulich S.R.²

MAIN FEATURES OF LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE DEPOSITS IN SECTION NEAR POOLEPYNTEN ON PRINS KARLS FORLAND (SPITSBERGEN ARCHIPELAGO) ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF FIELD WORK

Relief and Quaternary deposits of the Arctic, Subarctic and North-West Russia. Issue 10.

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¹VNIIOkeangeologiya, St. Petersburg, Russia

² Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract. The results of studies of the Late Pleistocene - Holocene deposits outcrop on Prins Karls Forland are presented. Previous investigations have identified marine sediments of Eemian and Early Weichselian age, overlain by glacial and Middle Weichselian marine formations that have contact with Late Pleistocene and Holocene layers. Samples collected from these horizons for U-Th and OSL-dating, foraminifera, and diatom analysis will make it possible to determine in more detail the stratigraphic position of formations, and to understand the features of their strike and lateral facies variability. These data would be the basis for a detailed reconstruction of the environmental change stages on the eastern coast of Prins Karls Forland over the past 120 000 years.

Keywords: Svalbard, Prins Karls Forland, Quaternary sediments, Eemian, Weichselian glaciation, Holocene

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Okunev A.S., Soloveva D.A., Verkulich S.R. Main features of Late Pleistocene and Holocene deposits in section near Poolepynten on Prins Karls Forland (Spitsbergen Archipelago) according to the results of field work // Relief and Quaternary deposits of the Arctic, Subarctic and North-West Russia. 2023. Issue 10. P. 206-209. doi: 10.24412/2687-1092-2023-10-206-209