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Cryosphere and ocean variability in Kane Basin since the 18th century: insights from two marine multi-proxy records
Anna Bang Kvorning
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Department of Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre
LOCEAN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 75252, France
Gregor Luetzenburg
Department of Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Sabine Schmidt
CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, 33615, France
Thorbjørn Joest Andersen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Vincent Klein
Sorbonne University, CNRS, EPHE, UMR, 7619 METIS, Paris, 75005, France
Eleanor Georgiadis
CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, 33615, France
Université Laval, CNRS, UMI 3376 TAKUVIK, Québec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Audrey Limoges
Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada
Jacques Giraudeau
CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, 33615, France
Anders Anker Bjørk
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Nicolaj Krog Larsen
Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Department of Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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Short summary
We compare two marine sediment cores collected from contrasting locations in Kane Basin, northwest Greenland. The two sites differ in terms of how much sediment they receive, the level of primary production, and the source and composition of organic matter. Despite these spatial differences, both records reveal a similar long-term environmental trend, a shift from cold, heavy sea-ice conditions between ca. 1750–1900 CE, towards more open, fresher, and biologically productive waters by 1950 CE.
We compare two marine sediment cores collected from contrasting locations in Kane Basin,...
