Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean
Periods of enhanced terrigenous input to the ocean's basins of the North Atlantic have been reported for the last glacial period. We present a set of new sediment cores recovered from the Sophia Basin north of Svalbard which exhibit widespread ice-rafted debris layers reflecting enhanced terrig...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:6257 2023-05-15T14:25:15+02:00 Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean Winkelmann, Daniel Schäfer, Christoph Stein, Rüdiger Mackensen, Andreas 2008 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6257/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6257/1/216_Winkelmann_2008_TerrigeneousEventsAndClimateHistory_Artzeit_pubid9992.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002038 en eng AGU (American Geophysical Union) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6257/1/216_Winkelmann_2008_TerrigeneousEventsAndClimateHistory_Artzeit_pubid9992.pdf Winkelmann, D., Schäfer, C., Stein, R. and Mackensen, A. (2008) Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9 (Q07023). DOI 10.1029/2008GC002038 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002038>. doi:10.1029/2008GC002038 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 2008 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002038 2023-04-07T14:52:35Z Periods of enhanced terrigenous input to the ocean's basins of the North Atlantic have been reported for the last glacial period. We present a set of new sediment cores recovered from the Sophia Basin north of Svalbard which exhibit widespread ice-rafted debris layers reflecting enhanced terrigenous input throughout the last ∼200 ka B.P. Their consistent stratigraphic position, sedimentological character, high sedimentation rate, and geochemical characteristic point to synchronously deposited layers which we name terrigenous input events (TIEs). Owing to their higher densities, they generate excellent reflectors for sediment-penetrating acoustic devices and prominent acoustic layers in the imagery of sedimentary structures. Therefore TIEs can be used for regional acoustic stratigraphy. Each of the events can be linked to major glacial activity on Svalbard. However, the Early Weichselian glaciation is not recorded as a TIE and, in agreement with other work, might not have occurred on Svalbard as a major glacial advance to the shelf break. Nonsynchronous timing of western and northern sources on Svalbard points against sea level–induced iceberg discharge events. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Iceberg* North Atlantic Svalbard OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9 7 n/a n/a |
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Periods of enhanced terrigenous input to the ocean's basins of the North Atlantic have been reported for the last glacial period. We present a set of new sediment cores recovered from the Sophia Basin north of Svalbard which exhibit widespread ice-rafted debris layers reflecting enhanced terrigenous input throughout the last ∼200 ka B.P. Their consistent stratigraphic position, sedimentological character, high sedimentation rate, and geochemical characteristic point to synchronously deposited layers which we name terrigenous input events (TIEs). Owing to their higher densities, they generate excellent reflectors for sediment-penetrating acoustic devices and prominent acoustic layers in the imagery of sedimentary structures. Therefore TIEs can be used for regional acoustic stratigraphy. Each of the events can be linked to major glacial activity on Svalbard. However, the Early Weichselian glaciation is not recorded as a TIE and, in agreement with other work, might not have occurred on Svalbard as a major glacial advance to the shelf break. Nonsynchronous timing of western and northern sources on Svalbard points against sea level–induced iceberg discharge events. |
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Winkelmann, Daniel Schäfer, Christoph Stein, Rüdiger Mackensen, Andreas Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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Winkelmann, Daniel Schäfer, Christoph Stein, Rüdiger Mackensen, Andreas |
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Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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Terrigeneous events and climate history within the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean |
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terrigeneous events and climate history within the sophia basin, arctic ocean |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6257/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6257/1/216_Winkelmann_2008_TerrigeneousEventsAndClimateHistory_Artzeit_pubid9992.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002038 |
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