Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf.
During the past four decades significant decrease in Arctic sea ice and a dramatic ice mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) has been coincident with global warming and an increase in atmospheric CO2. In Northeast Greenland significant mass loss from the outlet glaciers Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79NG)...
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ftunivdurham:oai:dro.dur.ac.uk.OAI2:31921 2023-05-15T15:10:35+02:00 Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. Syring, Nicole Lloyd, Jeremy M. Stein, Ruediger Fahl, Kirsten Roberts, Dave H. Callard, Louise O'Cofaigh, Colm 2020-11 application/pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/ http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/1/31921.pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/2/31921.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004019 unknown John Wiley dro:31921 issn:2572-4517 issn: 2572-4525 doi:10.1029/2020PA004019 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/ https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004019 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/1/31921.pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/2/31921.pdf ©2020. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, 2020, Vol.35(11), pp.e2020PA004019 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftunivdurham https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004019 2020-11-19T23:23:11Z During the past four decades significant decrease in Arctic sea ice and a dramatic ice mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) has been coincident with global warming and an increase in atmospheric CO2. In Northeast Greenland significant mass loss from the outlet glaciers Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79NG) and Zachariæ Isstrøm (ZI) and intensive seasonal breakup of the local Norske Øer Ice Barrier (NØIB) have also been observed since 2000. In order to better understand the processes driving these modern changes, studies of paleoclimate records are important and of major societal relevance. A multiproxy study including organic‐biogeochemical and micropaleontological proxies was carried out on a marine sediment core recovered directly in front of 79NG. Data from Core PS100/270 evidenced a strong inflow of warm recirculating Atlantic Water across the Northeast Greenland shelf from the early Holocene between ~10 and 7.5 ka. An overall high in phytoplankton productivity occurred within a stable sea‐ice margin regime, accompanied by 79NG retreat most probably triggered by peak solar insolation and changes in the local ocean circulation. Enhanced basal melt of the underside of 79NG at ~ 7.5 ka then led to the total disintegration of the ice shelf. The released freshwater would have driven water column stratification and promoted the formation of the local landfast ice barrier, which is shown by lowered biomarker values and foraminifera abundances towards the end of the early Holocene. Near perennial sea‐ice conditions with short summers and 79NG retreat to the inner fjord then prevailed from ~7.5 ka to ~0.8 ka. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Foraminifera* glacier Global warming Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Norske øer Phytoplankton Sea ice Durham University: Durham Research Online Arctic Greenland Norske Øer ENVELOPE(-17.667,-17.667,79.117,79.117) Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35 11 |
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During the past four decades significant decrease in Arctic sea ice and a dramatic ice mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) has been coincident with global warming and an increase in atmospheric CO2. In Northeast Greenland significant mass loss from the outlet glaciers Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79NG) and Zachariæ Isstrøm (ZI) and intensive seasonal breakup of the local Norske Øer Ice Barrier (NØIB) have also been observed since 2000. In order to better understand the processes driving these modern changes, studies of paleoclimate records are important and of major societal relevance. A multiproxy study including organic‐biogeochemical and micropaleontological proxies was carried out on a marine sediment core recovered directly in front of 79NG. Data from Core PS100/270 evidenced a strong inflow of warm recirculating Atlantic Water across the Northeast Greenland shelf from the early Holocene between ~10 and 7.5 ka. An overall high in phytoplankton productivity occurred within a stable sea‐ice margin regime, accompanied by 79NG retreat most probably triggered by peak solar insolation and changes in the local ocean circulation. Enhanced basal melt of the underside of 79NG at ~ 7.5 ka then led to the total disintegration of the ice shelf. The released freshwater would have driven water column stratification and promoted the formation of the local landfast ice barrier, which is shown by lowered biomarker values and foraminifera abundances towards the end of the early Holocene. Near perennial sea‐ice conditions with short summers and 79NG retreat to the inner fjord then prevailed from ~7.5 ka to ~0.8 ka. |
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Syring, Nicole Lloyd, Jeremy M. Stein, Ruediger Fahl, Kirsten Roberts, Dave H. Callard, Louise O'Cofaigh, Colm Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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Syring, Nicole Lloyd, Jeremy M. Stein, Ruediger Fahl, Kirsten Roberts, Dave H. Callard, Louise O'Cofaigh, Colm |
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Syring, Nicole |
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Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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Holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and Atlantic Water advection at the inner Northeast Greenland continental shelf. |
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holocene interactions between glacier retreat, sea‐ice formation and atlantic water advection at the inner northeast greenland continental shelf. |
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http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/ http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/1/31921.pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/31921/2/31921.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004019 |
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Arctic Foraminifera* glacier Global warming Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Norske øer Phytoplankton Sea ice |
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Arctic Foraminifera* glacier Global warming Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Norske øer Phytoplankton Sea ice |
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