Benthic foraminifera of surface sediments in the Arctic Ocean ...

• Main Author: Bergsten, Helene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1994
• Subjects: Giant box corer; Gravity corer Kiel type; ARK-VIII/3; Polarstern; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North QUEEN; Arctic Ocean; Foraminifera*; North Pole; Planktonic foraminifera; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.728640; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728640

The Recent distribution of living and dead benthic foraminifera of the Arctic Ocean proper has been examined in surface sediments that were sampled during the International Arctic Ocean Expedition 1991 (Arctic 91). The samples represent the Amundsen and Nansen Basins, the Morris Jesup Rise, and the Yermak Plateau from 90°N to 79°42.4'N, 05°15.6'E. Due to the technical difficulties of deep-sea drilling in the Arctic Ocean these areas have, until now, been investigated only in very low density sampling. The Arctic 91 sites of this study cover a water depth range between 552 and 4375 m and represent three sites which are seasonally ice-free, although not yearly, while the other sites are characterized by permanent sea-ice.There is a Recent production of benthic foraminifera in the whole investigation area and all surface samples contain both benthic and planktonic foraminifera. Abyssal assemblages are recorded in the Amundsen and Nansen Basins where Stetsonia arctica dominates with high abundances. It is, ... : Supplement to: Bergsten, Helene (1994): Recent benthic foraminifera of a transect from the North Pole to the Yermak Plateau, eastern central Arctic Ocean. Marine Geology, 119(3-4), 251-267 ...