The Raised Shorelines and Deglaciation Chronology of Inari, Finland, and South Varanger, Norway

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Abstract
Morphological evidence for a marine connection between the Inari basin of north Finland and the Arctic Ocean in early postglacial times is described. The widespread occurrence of a strongly developed shoreline belonging to this marine phase was observed throughout South Varanger. This shore plane truncates, and is therefore later than the formation of the main belt of end-moraine belonging to the Tromsö-Lyngen glacial stage, which represents the northern limit of the Scandinavian ice sheet during the Younger Dryas climatic phase. Also the same shore plane lies at a lower level than that of the Main Lateglacial Shoreline, formed during the deposition of the end-moraine. By means of a diagram the relationship between this shoreline and others could be established in relation to the position of the retreating ice front.