Identification of Atlantic water inflow on the north Svalbard shelf during the Holocene

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Peral, Marion, Austin, William E. N., Noormets, Riko
• Other Authors: Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nordaustlandet; Rijpfjorden; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Foraminifera*; glacier; Rijpfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04281943; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3374

International audience Nordaustlandet is located in the northeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago, within the northernmost reach of the West Spitsbergen Current. This current transports Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean along the western and northern Svalbard margins. This region is well-suited...