The influence of Coriolis force driven water circulation on the palaeoenvironment of Hornsund (S Spitsbergen) over the last century

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Pawłowska, Joanna, Zajączkowski, Marek, Szczuciński, Witold, Zaborska, Agata, Kucharska, Małgorzata, Jernas, Patrycja E., Forwick, Matthias
• Other Authors: Suomen Akatemia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Hornsund; Foraminifera*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12249; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbor.12249; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12249

The influence of the Coriolis force on the Hornsund fjord environment (southern Spitsbergen) was investigated in the marine sedimentary record from the last century. Due to the influence of the rotational effects, Atlantic and Arctic Water enter the fjord along the southern shore and exit along the...