Geochemical biomarker analyses on sediment cores PS2641-4 (GC) and PS2641-5 (GKG) from the East Greenland Shelf

• Main Authors: Kolling, Henriette Marie, Stein, Ruediger, Fahl, Kirsten, Perner, Kerstin, Moros, Matthias
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: AWI_Paleo; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; albedo; East Greenland; east greenland current; ice algae; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.871904; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871904

Arctic sea ice is a critical component of the climate system as it influences the albedo, heat, moisture and gas exchange between ocean and atmosphere as well as the ocean's salinity. An ideal location to study natural sea-ice variability during pre-industrial times is the East Greenland Shelf...