Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf
The Northeast Greenland shelf is highly sensitive to climate and ocean variability because it is swept by the East Greenland Current, which, through the western Fram Strait, forms the main pathway of export of sea ice and cold water masses from the Arctic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean. In orde...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/de21db8e-0a26-4705-bfcc-406ce02fc0e1 2023-05-15T15:16:09+02:00 Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf Pados-Dibattista, Teodora Pearce, Christof Detlef, Henrieka Bendtsen, Jørgen Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig 2022-01 https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/holocene-palaeoceanography-of-the-northeast-greenland-shelf(de21db8e-0a26-4705-bfcc-406ce02fc0e1).html https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-103-2022 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123776529&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Pados-Dibattista , T , Pearce , C , Detlef , H , Bendtsen , J & Seidenkrantz , M S 2022 , ' Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf ' , Climate of the Past , vol. 18 , no. 1 , pp. 103-127 . https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-103-2022 article 2022 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-103-2022 2022-03-09T23:50:20Z The Northeast Greenland shelf is highly sensitive to climate and ocean variability because it is swept by the East Greenland Current, which, through the western Fram Strait, forms the main pathway of export of sea ice and cold water masses from the Arctic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean. In order to reconstruct the variability of the East Greenland Current and general palaeoceanographic conditions in the area during the Holocene, we carried out benthic foraminiferal assemblage, stable isotope, and sedimentological analyses of a marine sediment core retrieved from the Northeast Greenland shelf (core DA17-NG-ST07-73G). The results reveal significant variations in the water masses and thus in the strength of the East Greenland Current over the last ca. 9.4kyr. Between 9.4 and 8.2ka the water column off Northeast Greenland was highly stratified, with cold, sea-ice-loaded surface waters and a strong influx of warm Atlantic Water in the subsurface. At ∼1/48.4ka a short-lived peak in terrestrial elements may be linked to an influx of iceberg-transported sediments and thus to the so-called 8.2ka event. Conditions similar to those of the Holocene Thermal Maximum prevailed from 8.2 to 6.2ka, with a strong influence of the Return Atlantic Current and a weakened transport of Polar Water in the upper East Greenland Current. After 6.2ka we recorded a return to a more stratified water column with sea-ice-loaded surface waters and still Atlantic-sourced subsurface waters. After 4.2ka increased Polar Water at the surface of the East Greenland Current and a reduction in the Return Atlantic Water at subsurface levels signifies freshening and reduced stratification of the water column and (near) perennial sea-ice cover. The neoglaciation started at 3.2ka at our location, characterized by a strengthened East Greenland Current. Cold subsurface-water conditions with possible sea-ice cover and minimum surface-water productivity persisted here throughout the last ∼1/43kyr. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean East Greenland east greenland current Foraminifera* Fram Strait Greenland Iceberg* North Atlantic Sea ice Aarhus University: Research Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Climate of the Past 18 1 103 127 |
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The Northeast Greenland shelf is highly sensitive to climate and ocean variability because it is swept by the East Greenland Current, which, through the western Fram Strait, forms the main pathway of export of sea ice and cold water masses from the Arctic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean. In order to reconstruct the variability of the East Greenland Current and general palaeoceanographic conditions in the area during the Holocene, we carried out benthic foraminiferal assemblage, stable isotope, and sedimentological analyses of a marine sediment core retrieved from the Northeast Greenland shelf (core DA17-NG-ST07-73G). The results reveal significant variations in the water masses and thus in the strength of the East Greenland Current over the last ca. 9.4kyr. Between 9.4 and 8.2ka the water column off Northeast Greenland was highly stratified, with cold, sea-ice-loaded surface waters and a strong influx of warm Atlantic Water in the subsurface. At ∼1/48.4ka a short-lived peak in terrestrial elements may be linked to an influx of iceberg-transported sediments and thus to the so-called 8.2ka event. Conditions similar to those of the Holocene Thermal Maximum prevailed from 8.2 to 6.2ka, with a strong influence of the Return Atlantic Current and a weakened transport of Polar Water in the upper East Greenland Current. After 6.2ka we recorded a return to a more stratified water column with sea-ice-loaded surface waters and still Atlantic-sourced subsurface waters. After 4.2ka increased Polar Water at the surface of the East Greenland Current and a reduction in the Return Atlantic Water at subsurface levels signifies freshening and reduced stratification of the water column and (near) perennial sea-ice cover. The neoglaciation started at 3.2ka at our location, characterized by a strengthened East Greenland Current. Cold subsurface-water conditions with possible sea-ice cover and minimum surface-water productivity persisted here throughout the last ∼1/43kyr. |
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Pados-Dibattista, Teodora Pearce, Christof Detlef, Henrieka Bendtsen, Jørgen Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig |
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Pados-Dibattista, Teodora Pearce, Christof Detlef, Henrieka Bendtsen, Jørgen Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf |
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Pados-Dibattista , T , Pearce , C , Detlef , H , Bendtsen , J & Seidenkrantz , M S 2022 , ' Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf ' , Climate of the Past , vol. 18 , no. 1 , pp. 103-127 . https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-103-2022 |
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