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The Russian Settlement at Russekeila and Land Rise in Vestspitsbergen

Author(s) -

Hans Christiansson

Publication year - 1961

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic3667

Subject(s) - midden , settlement (finance) , geography , archaeology , physical geography , oceanography , geology , world wide web , computer science , payment

Discusses the possibilities of postglacial land emergence, from observations at Russekeila on Isfjorden during inter-Nordic archeological-ethnographical expeditions in 1955 and 1960. Evidence from a kitchen midden 15-17 m from the sea and two meters above high-tide level, indicates that the land has not risen appreciably for over a hundred yrs. Similar evidence from Murchisonfjorden, presented by Blake, q.v., and the Amsterdamoya area in northwestern Vestspitsbergen (No. 39801) shows no land rise in those areas during the past 100-350 yrs.

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