Arctic Ocean iceberg drift patterns and paleoenvironmental change in the last 50 kyr reconstructed from an Alpha Ridge to Gakkel Ridge transect

• Main Authors: Spielhagen, Robert, Nørgaard-Pedersen, Niels, Vehlow, Anna
• Other Authors: Immonen, Ninna, Jakobbson, Martin, Lunkka, Juhann Pekka, Strand, Kari
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Oulu and Thule Institute 2012
• Subjects: Alpha Ridge; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge; alpha ridge; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26628/; http://www.apex.geo.su.se/images/pdf_files/apex6_abstracts_final.pdf

The Arctic Ocean has undergone profound changes in the last ca. 50 kyr, reaching from a dense sea ice cover with large numbers of icebergs during the mid-Weichselian glaciation (MWG, >45 ka) to a perennial sea ice cover with seasonally open leads in the Holocene. During the main glacial phases (M...