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Paleoceanographic evolution of the SW Svalbard margin (76°N) since 20,000 14C yr BP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Tine L. Rasmussen ,
Erik Thomsen ,
Marta A. Ślubowska ,
Simon Jessen ,
Anders Solheim  and
Nalân Koç
Tine L. Rasmussen*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Erik Thomsen
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark
Marta A. Ślubowska
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), PO Box 156, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
Simon Jessen
Affiliation:
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), PO Box 156, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
Anders Solheim
Affiliation:
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), PO Box 3930, Ullevaal Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
Nalân Koç
Affiliation:
Norwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway
*
⁎Corresponding author. Fax: +47 7764 5600. E-mail address:tine.rasmussen@ig.uit.no (T.L. Rasmussen).
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Abstract

Two cores from the southwestern shelf and slope of Storfjorden, Svalbard, taken at 389 m and 1485 m water depth have been analyzed for benthic and planktic foraminifera, oxygen isotopes, and ice-rafted debris. The results show that over the last 20,000 yr, Atlantic water has been continuously present on the southwestern Svalbard shelf. However, from 15,000 to 10,000 14C yr BP, comprising the Heinrich event H1 interval, the Bølling–Allerød interstades and the Younger Dryas stade, it flowed as a subsurface water mass below a layer of polar surface water. In the benthic environment, the shift to interglacial conditions occurred at 10,000 14C yr BP. Due to the presence of a thin upper layer of polar water, surface conditions remained cold until ca. 9000 14C yr BP, when the warm Atlantic water finally appeared at the surface. Neither extensive sea ice cover nor large inputs of meltwater stopped the inflow of Atlantic water. Its warm core was merely submerged below the cold polar surface water.

Keywords

PaleoceanographyAtlantic waterpolar waterSvalbard shelf and slopeForaminiferaOxygen isotopesIRD
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Quaternary Research , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 100 - 114
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University of Washington

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