The Tersky coast of the White Sea in the Holocene: new results of analytical studies

As a result of interdisciplinary studies carried out on the Tersky coast of the White Sea, we have confirmed the existing ideas about the general trend of decreasing heights of the synchronous ancient coastlines in the eastern direction. We also revealed the age ‘mosaic’ structure of the marine terrace surface, which, according to our preliminary data, was formed as a result of at least two relative level rises of the White Sea – at the end of the Early – be-ginning of the Middle (~9.5–8.5 cal. kyr BP) and at the end of the Middle – beginning of the Late (~6.5–4.5 cal. kyr BP) Holocene, after which the shoreline smoothly moved to its present-day position.