Holocene Paleoseismic Deformations on the Islands of the Kuzokotsky Archipelago (Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea, Eastern Fennoscandia)

Paleogeographical reconstructions of the environment on the Karelian shore of the White Sea (Keret Area, Russia)

“…Numerous researchers have highlighted the high contrast in neotectonic movements, the change in sedimentation conditions as the result of the rising coastline, traces of strong seismicity during the late and postglacial periods along the White Sea coast and the increased level of modern seismicity within the Kandalaksha Graben when compared to its surrounding regions (Baluev et al, 2009a, 2009b; Evzerov et al, 2014; Gorbatov et al, 2020; Gorbatov and Sorokin, 2018; Kosevich and Romanovskaya, 2014; Koshechkin, 1979; Lukashov, 2004; Maev et al, 2010; Marakhanov and Romanenko, 2014; Rybalko et al, 2011; Shevchenko et al, 2007; Shvarev et al, 2022; Zaretskaya et al, 2022).…”

“…The study area was formed under varying sedimentation conditions, which changed under the influence of neotectonic movements of the Earth’s crust, glacioisostatic land elevation and eustatic changes in sea level (Baranskaya et al, 2019; Kolka et al, 2015; Korsakova et al, 2016; Shvarev et al, 2022; Tolstobrov et al, 2021; Zaretskaya et al, 2022). The quantitative component and dynamics of the influence of each of these factors on the relative movement of the sea coastline are challenging to establish, and such a task was not the primary focus of the study presented here.…”