Mid to late Holocene strengthening of the East Greenland Current linked to warm subsurface Atlantic water

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Perner, Kerstin, Moros, Matthias, Lloyd, Jeremy M., Jansen, Eystein, Stein, Ruediger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Foraminifera; East Greenland Current; Return Atlantic Current; Subpolar gyre; Polar front; Subpolar north Atlantic; Mid to late Holocene; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Foster Bugt; Greenland; East Greenland; east greenland current; Foraminifera*; Foster bugt; Labrador Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00496/60725/83614.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.007; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00496/60725/

The relatively fresh and cold East Greenland Current (EGC) connects the Arctic with the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Its strength and influence on the freshwater balance in the North Atlantic affects both the Subpolar Gyre dynamics and deep convection in the Labrador Sea. Enhanced freshwater and s...