(Fig. 4) Multiproxy data set of box core MSM5/5-712-1 ...

• Main Authors: Werner, Kirstin, Spielhagen, Robert F, Bauch, Dorothea, Hass, H Christian, Kandiano, Evgenia S, Zamelczyk, Katarzyna
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; AGE; Age; Foraminifera, planktic, flux; Accumulation rate, ice rafted debris by number; Sortable-silt mean; Size fraction 1.000-0.063 mm; Ice rafted debris; Sea surface salinity; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral, δ13C; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral, δ18O; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ13C; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ18O; Giant box corer; Calculated, see references; Mass spectrometer, Finnigan, MAT 253; MSM05/5; Maria S. Merian; Integrierte Analyse zwischeneiszeitlicher Klimadynamik INTERDYNAMIK; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.761540; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.761540

A multiproxy data set of an AMS radiocarbon dated 46 cm long sediment core from the continental margin off western Svalbard reveals multidecadal climatic variability during the past two millennia. Investigation of planktic and benthic stable isotopes, planktic foraminiferal fauna, and lithogenic parameters aims to unveil the Atlantic Water advection to the eastern Fram Strait by intensity, temperatures, and salinities. Atlantic Water has been continuously present at the site over the last 2,000 years. Superimposed on the increase in sea ice/icebergs, a strengthened intensity of Atlantic Water inflow and seasonal ice-free conditions were detected at ~ 1000 to 1200 AD, during the well-known Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA). However, temperatures of the MCA never exceeded those of the 20th century. Since ~ 1400 AD significantly higher portions of ice rafted debris and high planktic foraminifer fluxes suggest that the site was located in the region of a seasonal highly fluctuating sea ice margin. A sharp reduction ... : See also doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.755114 ...