Modern and Holocene hydrographic characteristics of the shallow Kara Sea shelf (Siberia) as reflected by stable isotopes of bivalves and benthic foraminifera.

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Simstich, J., Erlenkeuser, H., Harms, I., Spielhagen, R. F., Stanovoy, V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: 01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems; Kara Sea; Yenisei River; Siberia
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1827/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1827/1/Modern_and_Holocene_-_Simstich.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2005.tb01099.x

River discharge of Ob and Yenisei to the Kara Sea is highly variable on seasonal and interannual time scales. River water dominates the shallow bottom water near the river mouths, making it warmer and less saline but seasonally and interannually more changeable than bottom water on the deeper shelf....