Reconstruction of Holocene oceanographic conditions in eastern Baffin Bay

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: K. E. Hansen, J. Giraudeau, L. Wacker, C. Pearce, M.-S. Seidenkrantz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Nares; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Foraminifera*; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1075-2020; https://doaj.org/article/5d369826332e484a81c3582eb81b36f0

Baffin Bay is a semi-enclosed basin connecting the Arctic Ocean and the western North Atlantic, thus making out a significant pathway for heat exchange. Here we reconstruct the alternating advection of relatively warmer and saline Atlantic waters versus the incursion of colder Arctic water masses en...