Stable isotope ratios of foraminifera from the continental shelf off Troms, Northern Norway

A stable oxygen and carbon isotope stratigraphy is established for a Late Weichselian/Holocene glaciomarine/marine seguence in Andfjorden and Malangsdjupet on the continental shelf off Troms, Northern Norway. The stratigraphy demonstrates that the global signals, Termination I B and possibly also I...

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Main Authors: Hald, Morten, Vorren, Tore O
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1987
Subjects:
NOR
NOR15-5
NOR25-3
NOR33-2
NOR56-1
NOR9-2
NOR9-6
Norwegian Sea
Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North
QUEEN
Andfjorden
Norway
Northern Norway
Troms
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.726843
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726843
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Summary:A stable oxygen and carbon isotope stratigraphy is established for a Late Weichselian/Holocene glaciomarine/marine seguence in Andfjorden and Malangsdjupet on the continental shelf off Troms, Northern Norway. The stratigraphy demonstrates that the global signals, Termination I B and possibly also I A (upper parts), are present and radiocarbon date to 10.3-9.7 kyr B.P. and >14-13.5 kyr B.P., respectively. A temperature increase of 5°-6°C and possibly a small salinity increase occurred during Term. I. A near-glacial environment between 13 and 14 kyr B.P. was characterized by poorly ventilated bottom waters followed by a meltwater pulse at circa 13 kyr B.P. During the beginning intrusion of Atlantic Water between 13 and 10 kyr B.P., the bottom water was characterized by somewhat fluctuating temperatures and salinities. Temperatures close to those of the present were established around 9.7 kyr B.P. and seem to have been rather stable since.

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