Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland

At present, there remains uncertainty surrounding the glacial history of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland, northwest Arctic Russia. This is attributed to the lack of high-resolution ice sheet-scale geomorphological data in the region. This paper presents 245,997...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M. Boyes, Danni M. Pearce, Lorna D. Linch
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of Maps
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1970036
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description At present, there remains uncertainty surrounding the glacial history of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland, northwest Arctic Russia. This is attributed to the lack of high-resolution ice sheet-scale geomorphological data in the region. This paper presents 245,997 landforms in a new high-resolution, glacial geomorphological map of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland. Individual landforms were mapped from relief-shaded renditions of the 2 m resolution ArcticDEM alongside 3 m resolution PlanetScope Ortho Scene data in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Digital mapping was accompanied by field mapping in selected areas. The map, which is presented at a scale of 1: 675,000, will form the basis of a palaeoglaciological reconstruction of northwest Arctic Russia that will inform ice sheet dynamics – at both a regional- and ice sheet-scale – and provide an important framework through which numerical ice sheet models can be constrained.
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spelling doaj.art-4c39ca4c63af45468706a132ad99e9122022-12-21T17:24:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472021-12-0117249751510.1080/17445647.2021.19700361970036Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian LaplandBenjamin M. Boyes0Danni M. Pearce1Lorna D. Linch2University of BrightonNorwegian University of Life SciencesUniversity of BrightonAt present, there remains uncertainty surrounding the glacial history of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland, northwest Arctic Russia. This is attributed to the lack of high-resolution ice sheet-scale geomorphological data in the region. This paper presents 245,997 landforms in a new high-resolution, glacial geomorphological map of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland. Individual landforms were mapped from relief-shaded renditions of the 2 m resolution ArcticDEM alongside 3 m resolution PlanetScope Ortho Scene data in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Digital mapping was accompanied by field mapping in selected areas. The map, which is presented at a scale of 1: 675,000, will form the basis of a palaeoglaciological reconstruction of northwest Arctic Russia that will inform ice sheet dynamics – at both a regional- and ice sheet-scale – and provide an important framework through which numerical ice sheet models can be constrained.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1970036glacial geomorphologyfennoscandian ice sheetkola peninsularussian laplandarctic russia
spellingShingle Benjamin M. Boyes
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Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
Journal of Maps
glacial geomorphology
fennoscandian ice sheet
kola peninsula
russian lapland
arctic russia
title Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
title_full Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
title_fullStr Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
title_full_unstemmed Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
title_short Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
title_sort glacial geomorphology of the kola peninsula and russian lapland
topic glacial geomorphology
fennoscandian ice sheet
kola peninsula
russian lapland
arctic russia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1970036
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