PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND GLACIATION OF THE ARCT IC SHELF DURING LATE PLEISTOCENE

The paleogeographical environments during two main Late Pleistocene ep ochs are discussed, namely the main features of the late interglacial period of maximum glaciation. The sediments of the recent interglacial period are geologically correlated at various dipsomaniacal levels. T hese characteristics allow us to estimate the structural intensity dur ing 120,000 years. During the last glacial period the conditions in th e western and eastern Arctic were different. Their shelves were respec tively influenced and not influenced by glacial covers.