The Oxygen Isotope Composition of Chironomid Chitin as a Proxy for the Oxygen Isotope Composition of Lake Water and Related Climate Parameters in Southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, during Mid- and Late Holocene

• Main Author: Kurki, Eija
• 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 2016
• Subjects: Geography; Maantiede; Geografi; Arctic; Svalbard; Amerikan; Svartvatnet; Arktis*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/230464

A sediment core from Lake Svartvatnet, Svalbard, was analysed for the oxygen isotope composition preserved in the head capsules of subfossil chironomid larvae. This provided the basis for reconstructions of past oxygen isotope composition of lake water, past mean annual oxygen isotope composition of...