Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011
The debate involving climate change has become increasingly important in the recent decade. Arctic environments are important locations for study as they are particularly sensitive to climate variations. Proglacial lake sediments, particularly varves, such as those found at Lake Linné, on the island...
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Jeremy Wei Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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The debate involving climate change has become increasingly important in the recent decade. Arctic environments are important locations for study as they are particularly sensitive to climate variations. Proglacial lake sediments, particularly varves, such as those found at Lake Linné, on the island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, demonstrate this sensitivity as they are driven by glacial ablation. The correlation of cores from different locations in Lake Linné has served to address inconsistencies in the varve record across the lake. The relationship between measured varve thickness and weather parameters is based on meteorological records for the past century, and demonstrates the responsiveness of varves to changes in climate and weather. The strongest relationships between varves and weather were between positive degree estimates and varve thicknesses. Proximal locations showed the strongest values (r-squared = 0.331), while summer thickness measurements at an intermediate deep basin site correlated best with the past two decades (r-squared = 0.45). The measuring and counting of varves allowed the construction of a chronology that then serves as a climate proxy for Svalbard for the past century. The varve analysis from this study reveals the complexity of the sedimentation in Lake Linné, and it attempts to define the other likely factors that contribute to varve deposition. Overall, the assembled climate relationships reveal varves which can be linked to changes in weather and climate patterns, and a response of the Lake Linné proglacial system in the last two decades to climate change. |
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Jeremy Wei |
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Jeremy Wei |
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Jeremy Wei |
title |
Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
title_short |
Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
title_full |
Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
title_fullStr |
Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 |
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analysis of varved sediment and weather relationships in lake linné, svalbard, 2011 |
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Arctic Data Center |
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2013 |
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https://doi.org/10.18739/A2804XJ4F |
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ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ENVELOPE(13.731,13.896,78.066,78.028) |
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ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) ENVELOPE(13.731,13.896,78.066,78.028) |
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Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard |
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Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard |
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Arctic Climate change glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Climate change glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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https://doi.org/10.18739/A2804XJ4F |
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1800870157815382016 |
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dataone:doi:10.18739/A2804XJ4F 2024-06-03T18:46:43+00:00 Analysis of Varved Sediment and Weather Relationships in Lake Linné, Svalbard, 2011 Jeremy Wei ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ENVELOPE(13.731,13.896,78.066,78.028) 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18739/A2804XJ4F unknown Arctic Data Center EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Dataset 2013 dataone:urn:node:ARCTIC https://doi.org/10.18739/A2804XJ4F 2024-06-03T18:11:09Z The debate involving climate change has become increasingly important in the recent decade. Arctic environments are important locations for study as they are particularly sensitive to climate variations. Proglacial lake sediments, particularly varves, such as those found at Lake Linné, on the island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, demonstrate this sensitivity as they are driven by glacial ablation. The correlation of cores from different locations in Lake Linné has served to address inconsistencies in the varve record across the lake. The relationship between measured varve thickness and weather parameters is based on meteorological records for the past century, and demonstrates the responsiveness of varves to changes in climate and weather. The strongest relationships between varves and weather were between positive degree estimates and varve thicknesses. Proximal locations showed the strongest values (r-squared = 0.331), while summer thickness measurements at an intermediate deep basin site correlated best with the past two decades (r-squared = 0.45). The measuring and counting of varves allowed the construction of a chronology that then serves as a climate proxy for Svalbard for the past century. The varve analysis from this study reveals the complexity of the sedimentation in Lake Linné, and it attempts to define the other likely factors that contribute to varve deposition. Overall, the assembled climate relationships reveal varves which can be linked to changes in weather and climate patterns, and a response of the Lake Linné proglacial system in the last two decades to climate change. Dataset Arctic Climate change glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen Arctic Data Center (via DataONE) Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) ENVELOPE(13.731,13.896,78.066,78.028) |