Latvian Landscape as an Ice Age Archive Studied by University Scientists

Scientists from the University of Latvia are researching the country's landscape, which serves as a vast archive of the Ice Age. They are studying the traces left by the rapid disappearance of glaciers in Latvia at the end of the last Ice Age.

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Latvijas reljefs – milzīgs leduslaikmeta arhīvs. Ko tajā pēta LU zinātnieki?

Lai gan mūsdienās ledāji atkāpjas galvenokārt kalnos un polārajos apgabalos, visstraujākā ledāju izzušana Latvijas teritorijā notikusi pēdējā leduslaikmeta beigās. Mūsdienu Latvijas reljefs ir kā milzīgs leduslaikmeta arhīvs, kurā saglabājušās liecības par to, kā pirms aptuveni 15–20 tūkstošiem gadu uzvedās Skandināvijas ledusvairogs.

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Latvian Landscape as an Ice Age Archive Studied by University Scientists

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