Paleontological and sedimentological evidences in the Holocenic sedimentary record of the Bellsund Drift (Svalbard – Arctic)

• Main Authors: Gamboa Sojo V. M., Morigi C., Husum K., Lucchi R. G.
• Other Authors: Caterina Morigi, Fabio Massimo Petti, Bernardo Carmina, Karen Gariboldi, Domenico Calcaterra, Gamboa Sojo, V. M., Morigi, C., Husum, K., Lucchi, R. G.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Società Geologica Italiana 2021
• Subjects: Foraminifera; Grain size; Contouritic deposits; Bellsund Drift; Holocene; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bellsund; Greenland; Svalbard; Foraminifera*; Fram Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11568/1163985; https://doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI.2021.02; https://www.socgeol.it/N3668/paleoarc-2021-2nd-international-conference-on-processes-and-palaeo-environmental-changes-in-the-arctic-from-past-to-present.html

The Arctic region represents a sensitive area to climatic variations. The Bellsund Drift is located in the Fram Strait area, between Greenland and Svalbard, and represents the only deep connection to the Arctic Ocean. In this strait occurs the interaction of two water masses, the warm Atlantic Water...