Studies in the Russian Koryak Mountains

FIELD EVIDENCE FOR RESTRICTED ICE EXTENT DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM IN THE KORYAK MOUNTAINS, CHUKOTKA, FAR EASTERN RUSSIA

Our main mode of transportation in the Koryak Mountains and Lake Mainitz Region: a Russian tank. This tank took us across water, trees, tundra and to some great fishing spots!

The central Nygchekveem River valley. Note the higher river terrace levels. Gladkoye Lake is in the foreground, bounded by lateral moraines on either side and a small terminal moraine on the right-hand side. These and similar moraines were the focus for moraine morphometirc measurements, soil pedogenesis studies and sampling of erratics for cosmogenic isotope analysis.

A glacial erratic in the northern Koryak Mountains sampled for cosmogenic isotope analysis.

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