PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND CHANGES IN RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIATION AT LANGELANDSELV, JAMESON LAND, EAST GREENLAND

Coastal cliffs and stream cut sections at Langelandselv on Jameson Lan d show a 22 m thick sedimentary succession reflecting the development of shallow marine and fluvial environments during the last interglacia tion. The shallow marine sediments were deposited in upper shoreface, back-barrier, and delta environments during a rise in the relative sea level from 0 to 18 m. The interglacial succession ends with glaciotec tonically dislocated fluvial sand, and is capped by alternating beds o f lodgement till and fluvial sand, deposited during the Early Weichsel ian. The age is determined by palaeoceanographic correlation of mollus c and foraminifer faunas with isotopic substage 5e in the deep sea rec ord, supported by luminescence and U/Th dates and amino acid analysis.