Change at the margin of the North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay, inferred from organic matter records in dated sediment cores

Marine Geology

Volumn 341, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-13

  Bailey, Joscelyn N L ^a,b   Macdonald, Robie W ^a,c   Sanei, Hamed ^a,d   Outridge, Peter M ^a,b   Johannessen, Sophia C ^c   Hochheim, Klaus ^a   Barber, David ^a   Stern, Gary A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Baffin Bay; Climate change; Organic carbon; Sea ice; Sediment core

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BAFFIN BAY; BULK CONCENTRATION; DOWN-CORE PROFILES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ICE CONTROL; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYNYA; REMINERALIZATION; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND; NORTH WATER POLYNYA;

EID: 84878719132     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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