Sediments of MIS 5e age suggested by new OSL dates from the Skilvika section, west Svalbard

  • Helena Alexanderson Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5573-1906
  • Jon Y. Landvik Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Keywords: Arctic, MIS 5, glaciation history, luminescence dating

Abstract

The sediment succession at Skilvika, west Svalbard, represents one of the key stratigraphic records of the Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments and glaciation history of the Svalbard/ Barents Sea area. A formation of raised marine sediments, interfingering with and capped by glacial deposits of local origin, have previously been assumed to be of an Early Weichselian age, likely marine isotope stage (MIS) 5c. Here we present a new series of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages that suggest the events took place in MIS 5e. This advocates a revision of the correlation with other key stratigraphic sites on Svalbard.

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Published
2018-09-24
How to Cite
Alexanderson H., & Landvik J. Y. (2018). Sediments of MIS 5e age suggested by new OSL dates from the Skilvika section, west Svalbard. Polar Research, 37. Retrieved from https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2659
Issue
Vol 37 (2018)
Section
Research Notes

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