Marine conditions and development of the Sirius Water polynya on the North-East Greenland shelf during the Younger Dryas-Holocene

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Jackson, Rebecca, Andreasen, Nanna, Oksman, Mimmi, Andersen, Thorbjørn J., Pearce, Christof, Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig, Ribeiro, Sofia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Dinocysts; Foraminifera; Greenland; Holocene; Micropaleontology; North-East Greenland; Paleoceanography; Polynyas; Sirius water polynya; Younger dryas; Sirius; Tyrolerfjord; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/marine-conditions-and-development-of-the-sirius-water-polynya-on-the-northeast-greenland-shelf-during-the-younger-dryasholocene(9274779e-f1e8-4370-bf77-22cb0e6356df).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107647; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/322557848/1_s2.0_S0277379122002785_main.pdf

The Fram Strait is one of the largest gateways through which meltwater and sea ice are exported to the subarctic North Atlantic, transiting the North-East Greenland shelf via the southward flowing East Greenland Current. Observations indicate a recent freshening of the East Greenland Current that ma...