Integrated sedimentology and micropaleontology for the study of the deglaciation post LGM in the south-western Svalbard slope (Arctic Ocean)

• Main Authors: Carbonara, Katia, Lucchi, Renata Giulia, Melis, Romana, Mezgec, Karin, Musco, Maria Elena, Varagona, Gabriella, Villa, Giuliana, MORIGI, CATERINA
• Other Authors: D. Calcaterra, S. Mazzoli, F.M. Petti, B. Carmina & A. Zuccari, Morigi, Caterina
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: country:ITA 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Junttila; Svalbard; Foraminifera*; Fram Strait; Magnetic susceptibility; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Storfjorden; Svalbard margin; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/840758

The north-western continental margin of the Barents Sea represents the only gateway for deep-water masses moving between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans. On this respect, the western Svalbard margin, located on the eastern side of the Fram Strait, represents a key area to study the paleocea...