Reconstruction of the late-Holocene changes in the Sub-Arctic Front position at the Reykjanes Ridge, north Atlantic

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Moros, Matthias, Jansen, Eystein, Oppo, Delia W, Giraudeau, Jacques, Kuijpers, Antoon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Reykjanes; East Greenland; east greenland current; Foraminifera*; Labrador Sea; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683611434224; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683611434224; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683611434224

Changes in the dynamics of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre are involved in the modulation of the northward salinity and heat transport in the northern North Atlantic via the North Atlantic Current (NAC). Variations in the strength of the East Greenland Current (EGC) can influence the gyre dynamics...