Marginal glacial formations of Kola region, North-west Russia

Abstract

In the Kola region four belts of marginal formations of the Scandinavian ice sheet were formed during the Late Weichselian glaciation. These belts correspond to four interstadial cycles of the Late Pleistocene. They moved gradually towards the main ice divide situated near the Scandinavian mountains. However ice spreads a considerably larger area during each phase of stadial cooling than during previous phases of interstadial warming. The ice sheet reached its maximum in the Kola regions later than on the western or southern flanks of the Late Weichselian glaciation.