Last interglacial and Holocene climatic development in the Norwegian Sea region: Ocean front movements and ice‐core data

Abstract Planktonic foraminiferal evidence suggests that the ocean front systems between Polar and Atlantic surface waters in the Norwegian Sea generally were located closer to Greenland during Oxygen Isotope Substage 5e than in the Holocene. During both these periods oscillations have occurred in t...

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Published in:Journal of Quaternary Science
Main Authors: Sejrup, Hans Petter, Haflidason, Haflidi, Kristensen, Dorthe Klitgaard, Johnsen, Sigfus J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1995
Subjects:
Greenland
Norwegian Sea
ice core
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390100408
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Summary:Abstract Planktonic foraminiferal evidence suggests that the ocean front systems between Polar and Atlantic surface waters in the Norwegian Sea generally were located closer to Greenland during Oxygen Isotope Substage 5e than in the Holocene. During both these periods oscillations have occurred in the position of the fronts. In the western Norwegian Sea region, the substage 5e influence of warm Atlantic waters was interrupted by a return to polar conditions. These findings support both ice‐core data and evidence from Europe that the last interglacial was a period of rapid climatic shifts.

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