Meltwater Discharge to the Skagerrak–Kattegat from the Baltic Ice Lake during the Younger Dryas Interval

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Jiang, Hui, Svensson, Nils-Olof, Björck, Svante
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1998.1971; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589498919718?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589498919718?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400039028

Diatom data from the Skagerrak–Kattegat show that large amounts of meltwater were discharged into the Kattegat–Skagerrak from the Baltic Ice Lake during the Younger Dryas interval. Strong meltwater discharge greatly freshened surface-water salinity in the Kattegat and areas along the Swedish west co...