Late Holocene climate development of Bjørnøya, Svalbard, based on chironomid analysis

• Main Author: Kivilä, Henriikka
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Geotieteiden ja maantieteen laitos, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsingfors universitet, Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för geovetenskaper och geografi
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingfors universitet 2014
• Subjects: Geology; Geologia; Geologi; Arctic; Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Ellasjøen; Svalbard; Fennoscandia; Magnetic susceptibility; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/144210

Recent climate related changes in the Arctic have risen concern and interest to better understand the mechamisms of arctic climate system and to predict the future response. Due to short instrumental monitoring a palaeoenvironmental view is required to reveal and understand long-term changes, yet hi...