Clay mineralogy, strontium and neodymium isotope ratios in the sediments of two High Arctic catchments (Svalbard)

• Published in: Earth Surface Dynamics
• Main Authors: R. S. Hindshaw, N. J. Tosca, A. M. Piotrowski, E. T. Tipper
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Central Basin; Svalbard; greenlandic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-141-2018; https://doaj.org/article/e6cb2028387648ab812438a28a4f3e70

The identification of sediment sources to the ocean is a prerequisite to using marine sediment cores to extract information on past climate and ocean circulation. Sr and Nd isotopes are classical tools with which to trace source provenance. Despite considerable interest in the Arctic Ocean, the circ...