Stable Isotopes as Tracers for Freshwater Fluxes into the North Atlantic

• Main Author: Cox, Katharine A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Labrador Shelf; Canadian Archipelago; Climate change; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Global warming; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/191987/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/191987/1/Cox_2010_PhD.pdf

The Arctic acts as both an indicator and a facilitator of global climate change. Many studies have identified the manifold changes in the Arctic hydrological system resulting from global warming. These changes have affected the freshwater balance of the northern North Atlantic and therefore pose a p...