The Mid Holocene Transgression on Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land, Russia

Abstract
14C datings of whalebone and driftwood samples from Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land, Russia, indicate deglaciation before 8780 14C years BP. The absence of a prominent beach morphology at the highest marine limit suggests that the sea reached this level during a short period of time, the highest marine limit thus being formed during a transgression ending at 6800 BP.