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Late Weichselian and Holocene palaeoceanography of Storfjordrenna, southern Svalbard
M. Łącka
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Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
M. Zajączkowski
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
M. Forwick
Department of Geology, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
W. Szczuciński
Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Maków Polnych 16, 61-606 Poznań, Poland
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Martin Jakobsson, Christof Pearce, Thomas M. Cronin, Jan Backman, Leif G. Anderson, Natalia Barrientos, Göran Björk, Helen Coxall, Agatha de Boer, Larry A. Mayer, Carl-Magnus Mörth, Johan Nilsson, Jayne E. Rattray, Christian Stranne, Igor Semiletov, and Matt O'Regan
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Janne Repschläger, Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, Mara Weinelt, and Ralph Schneider
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Clim. Past, 9, 499–515, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-499-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-499-2013, 2013
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Short summary
Storfjordrenna was deglaciated about 13,950 cal yr BP. During the transition from the sub-glacial to glaciomarine setting, Arctic Waters dominated its hydrography. However, the waters were not uniformly cold and experienced several warmer spells. Atlantic Water began to flow onto the shelves off Svalbard and into Storfjorden during the early Holocene, leading to progressive warming and significant glacial melting. A surface-water cooling and freshening occurred in late Holocene.
Storfjordrenna was deglaciated about 13,950 cal yr BP. During the transition from the...
