Foraminifera assemblages from POLARSTERN cruise ARK-X/2 sampled at the central East Greenland shelf (Foster Bugt)

• Main Authors: Perner, Kerstin, Moros, Matthias, Lloyd, Jeremy M, Jansen, Eystein, Stein, Ruediger
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Age; ARK-X/2; Cassidulina neoteretis; East Greenland Current; East Greenland Sea; Event label; Foraminifera; planktic; Giant box corer; GKG; Gravity corer (Kiel type); GREENClim; Islandiella norcrossi; Mid to late Holocene; Nonionella labradorica; Percentage; Polar front; Polarstern; PS2641-4; PS2641-5; PS31; PS31/154; Return Atlantic Current; SL; Subpolar gyre; subpolar North Atlantic; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Foster Bugt; Greenland; East Greenland; east greenland current; Foraminifera*; Foster bugt; Greenland Sea; Labrador Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.898355; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898355

The relatively fresh and cold East Greenland Current (EGC) connects the Arctic with the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Its strength and influence on the freshwater balance in the North Atlantic affects both the Subpolar Gyre dynamics and deep convection in the Labrador Sea. Enhanced freshwater and s...