Glacial to Holocene development of Baffin Bay sedimentary systems: processes, provenances, and patterns ...

• Main Author: Okuma, Emmanuel
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2023
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Paleoenvironmental reconstructions; Computed Tomography; Last Glacial Maximum; Last Deglaciation; Holocene; XRD; Radiogenic isotopes; Sedimentation patterns; Sedimentology; 550; Canada; Greenland; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26092/elib/2730; https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/7563

The enclosed work assesses the impacts of ocean-ice interactions on the sedimentary system in Baffin Bay, a narrow oceanic basin between Greenland and Canada, which was partly surrounded by three major ice sheets during glacial times. Using proxy data from sedimentary archives, a reconstruction of the last deglaciation to Holocene sediment and ice margin dynamics in northern and western Baffin Bay is accomplished. In addition, an overall Baffin Bay-wide assessment of the development of sedimentation patterns linked to ice sheet dynamics since the Last Glacial Maximum is provided. ...