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Atlantic Water advection vs. glacier dynamics in northern Spitsbergen since early deglaciation
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Jürgen Titschack
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
SaM – Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Kirsten Fahl
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Rüdiger Stein
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
Centre for Past Climate Studies and Arctic Research Centre, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
GEOTOP – Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3P8, Canada
Dierk Hebbeln
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
Multi-proxy analyses (i.a., benthic foraminiferal assemblages and sedimentary properties) of a marine record from Woodfjorden at the northern Svalbard margin (Norwegian Arctic) illustrate a significant contribution of relatively warm Atlantic water to the destabilization of tidewater glaciers, especially during the deglaciation and early Holocene (until ~ 7800 years ago), whereas its influence on glacier activity has been fading during the last 2 millennia, enabling glacier readvances.
Multi-proxy analyses (i.a., benthic foraminiferal assemblages and sedimentary properties) of a...
