Coccoliths in sediment traps from the Norwegian Sea

• Published in: Marine Micropaleontology
• Main Authors: Samtleben, Christian, Bickert, Torsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1990
• Subjects: Bear Island; Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norwegian Sea; Fram Strait
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34837/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34837/1/Samtleben.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-8398(90)90028-K

The fine fraction of surface sediment samples in the Norwegian Sea shows an unexpectedly high amount of calcareous nannoplankton. Investigations, using time-series sediment traps in the Lofoten Basin (69°N, 1983/84), near Bear Island (75°N, 1984/85) and in the Fram Strait (78°N, 1984/85) provided in...