Biomarker content and total organic carbon of sediment cores from the Kara Sea shelf ...

• Main Authors: Hörner, Tanja, Stein, Ruediger, Fahl, Kirsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Kara Sea; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.887426; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.887426

The Kara Sea is an important area for paleo-climatic research since sea ice and brine formation take place on its shelf-two processes inducing supra-regional climatic implications and thereby connecting regional environmental variability with global climatic conditions. To gain information about past sea ice coverage and variations, three sediment cores distributed in the southern and central parts of the marginal Sea were investigated. By applying the sea ice biomarker IP25 and the PIP25 index [phytoplankton biomarker (dinosterol)-IP25 index] post-glacial sea ice variability could be detected in the central Kara Sea (Core BP00-36/4), with most intense sea ice cover between 12.4 and 11.8 ka coinciding with the Younger Dryas (12.9-11.6 ka), and reduced sea ice cover between 10 and 8 ka during the Holocene Thermal Maximum. During the last ~7 ka, increasing sea ice indicators might indicate a Holocene cooling trend, probably induced by declining summer insolation. Furthermore, temporal changes in the fast ... : Supplement to: Hörner, Tanja; Stein, Ruediger; Fahl, Kirsten (2018): Paleo-sea ice distribution and polynya variability on the Kara sea shelf during the last 12 ka. arktos - The Journal of Arctic Geosciences ...