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Article

Publication Title

Journal of Glaciology

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Publication Date

1995

First Page

313

Last Page

332

Issue Number

138

Volume Number

41

Abstract/ Summary

The paleoglaciological concept that during the Pleistocene glacial hemi-cycles a super-large, structurally complex ice sheet developed in the Arctic and behaved as a single dynamic system, as the Antarctic ice sheet does today, has not yet been subjected to concerted studies designed to test the predictions of this concept. Yet, it may hold the keys to solutions of major problems of paleoglaciology, to understanding climate and sea-level changes. The Russian Arctic is the least-known region exposed to paleoglaciation by a hypothetical Arctic ice sheet but now it is more open to testing the concept. Implementation of these tests is a challenging task, as the region is extensive and the available data are controversial. Well-planned and coordinated field projects are needed today, as well as broad discussion of the known evidence, existing interpretations and new field results. Here we present the known evidence for paleoglaciation of the Russian Arctic continental shelf and reconstruct possible marine ice sheets that could have produced that evidence.

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Grosswald, MG, and Hughes, TJ, 1995, Paleoglaciologys Grand Unsolved Problem: Journal of Glaciology, v. 41, p. 313-332. Available on publisher's site at: http://www.igsoc.org/journal/41/138/igs_journal_vol41_issue138_pg313-332.pdf

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