Increased fluxes of shelf-derived materials to the central Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Kipp, Lauren, Charette, Matthew A, Moore, Willard S, Henderson, Paul B, Rigor, Ignatius G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Rowan Digital Works 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Central Basin; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://rdw.rowan.edu/see_facpub/56; https://rdw.rowan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=see_facpub

Rising temperatures in the Arctic Ocean region are responsible for changes such as reduced ice cover, permafrost thawing, and increased river discharge, which, together, alter nutrient and carbon cycles over the vast Arctic continental shelf. We show that the concentration of radium-228, sourced to...