Holocene Glaciation of the Barents and Kara Seas

该奖项支持对喀拉海和巴伦支海的冰川沉积物进行多学科研究(沉积学、古生物学和氧同位素地层学)。目前，已知存在的冰盖融化不能完全解释冰川后海平面上升的充分证据。喀拉和巴伦支海地区的冰盖可能在很大程度上导致了冰川后海平面的上升。这项研究的目标是确定上一次冰川盛期期间该地区被认为存在的冰盖的范围、冰盖解体或消退的时间，以及它对冰川后海平面上升的贡献。

This award supports a multi-disciplinary study (sedimentology, paleontology, and oxygen-isotope stratigraphy) of glacial sediments in the Kara and Barents Seas. At present, melting of ice sheets that are known to have existed cannot explain completely the well documented post-glacial rise in sea-level. An ice sheet in the Kara and Barents Seas region could have contributed substantially to post-glacial sea-level rise. The goal of this study is to determine the extent of an ice sheet that is thought to have existed in this region during the last glacial maxima, the timing of its disintegration or retreat, and its potential for contributing to post-glacial sea-level rise.