@article{fdi:010074475, title = {{T}he {L}ast {G}lacial {M}aximum extent of the {S}candinavian {I}ce {S}heet in the {V}alday {H}eights, western {R}ussia : evidence from cosmogenic surface exposure dating using {B}e-10}, author = {{R}interknecht, {V}. and {H}ang, {T}. and {G}orlach, {A}. and {K}ohv, {M}. and {K}alla, {K}. and {K}am, {V}. and {S}ubetto, {D}. and {B}ourles, {D}. and {L}eanni, {L}aetitia and {G}uillou, {V}. and {A}ster {T}eam}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{R}ecent synoptic studies have summarized the former spatial extent and chronology of the last {S}candinavian {I}ce {S}heet ({SIS}) and provide exceptional compilations of empirical datasets. {T}he latter represent the primary source of information for the modelling community to test and develop thermomechanical ice sheet model, which are then further embedded into climatic and general circulation models. {T}he {L}ast {G}lacial {M}aximum ({LGM}) extent and chronology of the {SIS} across continental {E}urope were highlighted as being the least well-known thus generating the biggest uncertainties in the reconstruction of the ice sheet. {W}hile early geomorphological studies of the ice sheet marginal belts are numerous and detailed in western {R}ussia, geochronological data are virtually inexistent. {I}n an attempt to fill in this gap, we conducted a series of sampling campaigns for surface exposure dating using {B}e-10 in the western and northwestern regions of {R}ussia. {W}e present here the first results from the {V}alday {H}eights where glacial deposits constitute well-preserved margins of the {SIS}. {A} total of 16 samples firmly establish the timing of the {LGM} in the {V}alday {H}eights at 20.1 +/- 0.4 ka. {T}he {V}alday {H}eights acted as a natural wall for the last maximum advance of the {SIS} during {MIS}2, constraining the eastern flank of the {L}adoga-llmen-{L}ovat ice stream to the west of the hills. {T}he {V}alday {H}eights were only overran by previously more extensive glacial advances as suggested by older exposure ages obtain on erratic boulders (31.2 +/- 1.4 to 47.1 +/- 1.5 ka) located east of the {LGM} limit.}, keywords = {{S}candinavian ice sheet ; {L}ate weichselian ; {LGM} ; {NW} {R}ussia ; {V}alday heights ; {C}osmogenic {B}e-10 ; {RUSSIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{Q}uaternary {S}cience {R}eviews}, volume = {200}, numero = {}, pages = {106--113}, ISSN = {0277-3791}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.032}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074475}, }