Lake Komi
Lake Komi was a prehistoric periglacial lake formed in the region of the present-day Russian Komi Republic when the Barents Sea outlet of the Pechora River was blocked by ice during the Weichselian Glaciation.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Mangerud, J.; Jakobsson, M.; Alexanderson, H.; Astakhov, V.; Clarke, G. K. C.; Henriksen, M.; Hjort, C.; Krinner, G.; Lunkka, J.-P.; Möller, P.; Murray, A.; Nikolskaya, O.; Saarnisto, M.; Svendsen, J. I. (2004). "Ice-dammed lakes and rerouting of the drainage of northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation". Quaternary Science Reviews. 23 (11-13): 1313–1332. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.009.
External links
- The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC) at the University of New Hampshire provides an excellent Flash animation of the probable drainage outburst of Lake Komi following some glacial retreat: . For reference, the large moon-shaped island, top-center in the animation, is Novaya Zemlya, and the mountains to the right are the northernmost Urals.
Coordinates: 66°18′33″N 56°12′07″E / 66.3091°N 56.2020°E
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