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Pleistocene Glaciations in Latvia

Aivars MarkotsTomas SaksMāris NartišsVitālijs Zelčs

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geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryPleistocenelaw.inventionRadiation exposurePaleontologySequence (geology)lawInterglacialRadiocarbon datingIce sheetCosmogenic nuclideWeichselian glaciationGeology

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Abstract During the Pleistocene the territory of Latvia was repeatedly overridden by Scandinavian ice sheets, at least from the Elsterian onwards. Extent limit of all glaciations was located far outside of Latvia. Due to vigorous erosion by subsequent glaciations the Pleistocene record is incomplete. Radiocarbon, cosmogenic nuclide and radiation exposure dating methods have been mainly used only for age determination of the upper part of the Pleistocene sequence. Decay of the Late Weichselian glaciation in Latvia is marked by five major ice-marginal zones

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2011-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-53447-7.00018-0