Atlantic water heat transfer through the Arctic Gateway (Fram Strait) during the Last Interglacial

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Zhuravleva, Anastasia, Bauch, Henning A., Spielhagen, Robert F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gateway The; Norwegian Sea; Fram Strait; Nordic Seas; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39787/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39787/1/Zhuravleva.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.09.005

The Last Interglacial in the Arctic region is often described as a time with warmer conditions and significantly less summer sea ice than today. The role of Atlantic water (AW) as the main oceanic heat flux agent into the Arctic Ocean remains, however, unclear. Using high-resolution stable isotope a...