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dc.contributor.authorWegner, C.
dc.contributor.authorBennet, K.
dc.contributor.authorVernal, Anne de
dc.contributor.authorForwick, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorFritz, M.
dc.contributor.authorHeikkilä, Maija
dc.contributor.authorŁącka, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorLantuit, Hugues
dc.contributor.authorLaska, Michał
dc.contributor.authorMoskalik, Mateusz
dc.contributor.authorO’Regan, Matt
dc.contributor.authorPawłowska, J
dc.contributor.authorPromińska, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorRachold, Volker
dc.contributor.authorVonk, Jorien E.
dc.contributor.authorWerner, Kirstin
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T10:35:25Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T10:35:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-09
dc.description.abstractArctic coastal zones serve as a sensitive filter for terrigenous matter input onto the shelves via river discharge and coastal erosion. This material is further distributed across the Arctic by ocean currents and sea ice. The coastal regions are particularly vulnerable to changes related to recent climate change. We compiled a pan-Arctic review that looks into the changing Holocene sources, transport processes and sinks of terrigenous sediment in the Arctic Ocean. Existing palaeoceanographic studies demonstrate how climate warming and the disappearance of ice sheets during the early Holocene initiated eustatic sea-level rise that greatly modified the physiography of the Arctic Ocean. Sedimentation rates over the shelves and slopes were much greater during periods of rapid sea-level rise in the early and middle Holocene, as a result of the relative distance to the terrestrial sediment sources. However, estimates of suspended sediment delivery through major Arctic rivers do not indicate enhanced delivery during this time, which suggests enhanced rates of coastal erosion. The increased supply of terrigenous material to the outer shelves and deep Arctic Ocean in the early and middle Holocene might serve as analogous to forecast changes in the future Arctic.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWegner C, Bennet K, Vernal Ad, Forwick M, Fritz M, Heikkilä M, Łącka, Lantuit H, Laska, Moskalik M, O’Regan, Pawłowska, Promińska, Rachold V, Vonk, Werner K. Variability in transport of terrigenous material on the shelves and the deep Arctic Ocean during the Holocene. Polar Research. 2015;34en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1335210
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v%25v.24964
dc.identifier.issn0800-0395
dc.identifier.issn1751-8369
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26767
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Norwegian Polar Instituteen_US
dc.relation.journalPolar Research
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleVariability in transport of terrigenous material on the shelves and the deep Arctic Ocean during the Holoceneen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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