• Carbon isotope (d13C) excursions suggest times of major methane release during the last 14 ka in Fram Strait, the deep-water gateway to the Arctic 

      Consolaro, Chiara; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Panieri, Giuliana; Mienert, Jurgen; Bünz, Stefan; Sztybor, Kamila (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Cold-seep macrofaunal assemblages in cores from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45000 years 

      Thomsen, Elsebeth; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Sztybor, Kamila; Hanken, Nils-Martin; Tendal, Ole Secher; Uchman, Alfred (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-22)
      Four cores from 1200 m water depth from Vestnesa Ridge on the western Svalbard margin in the eastern Fram Strait were studied for their content of fossil macro-faunas. Three of the cores were collected from a pockmark with active methane seepage, and one core (control core) was taken just outside the seepage area for comparison. Together the cores cover the last 45 000 years (mid-late Weichselian ...
    • Cold-seep ostracods from the western Svalbard margin: direct palaeo-indicator for methane seepage? 

      Yasuhara, Moriaki; Sztybor, Kamila; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Okahashi, Hisayo; Sato, Runa; Tanaka, Hayato (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-05)
      Despite their high abundance and diversity, microfossil taxa adapted to a particular chemosynthetic environment have rarely been studied and are therefore poorly known. Here we report on an ostracod species, Rosaliella svalbardensis gen. et sp. nov., from a cold methane seep site at the western Svalbard margin, Fram Strait. The new species shows a distinct morphology, different from other ...
    • Influence of methane seepage on isotopic signatures in living deep-sea benthic foraminifera, 79° N 

      Melaniuk, Katarzyna; Sztybor, Kamila; Treude, Tina; Sommer, Stefan; Rasmussen, Tine Lander (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-21)
      Fossil benthic foraminifera are used to trace past methane release linked to climate change. However, it is still debated whether isotopic signatures of living foraminifera from methane-charged sediments refect incorporation of methane-derived carbon. A deeper understanding of isotopic signatures of living benthic foraminifera from methane-rich environments will help to improve reconstructions of ...
    • Late glacial and deglacial paleoceanographic and environmental changes at Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait: challenges in reading methane-influenced sedimentary records 

      Sztybor, Kamila (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2017-01-18)
      Denne avhandlingen er basert på fire sedimentkjerner fra et område ved Vest Svalbard hvor metan siver opp fra havbunnen. Studien fokuserer på å rekonstruere graden av metanutsiving i fortiden, samt klimavariasjoner i Arktiske strøk med bruk av bentiske foraminiferer. Foraminiferer er encellede organismer som produserer en kalkholdig skall som bevares i sedimentene på havbunnen. Ved å se på geokjemiske ...
    • Late Quaternary terrigenous plant and coaly fragments found at Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait: implications for postglacial plant colonization at Svalbard 

      Hanken, Nils-Martin; Sztybor, Kamila; Høeg, Helge I.; Karlsen, Dag Arild; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Abay, Tesfamariam Berhane (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-23)
      One of four marine cores of glacial sediments collected from a water depth of about 1200 m at Vestnesa Ridge (west of Svalbard) contained small fragments of coal, charcoal and moss. This material was restricted to a single level, and 14C dating of bivalves both above and below indicates an age of c. 18.0–15.5 kyr BP. Chemical analyses of the coal indicate that the provenance area was from the northern ...
    • Paleoceanography of the Northwestern Greenland Sea and Return Atlantic Current evolution, 35–4 kyr BP 

      Devendra, Dhanushka; Łącka, Magdalena; Telesiński, Maciej M.; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Sztybor, Kamila; Zajączkowski, Marek (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-10)
      The flow of the Atlantic Water (AW) via the Return Atlantic Current (RAC) regulates the oceanographical conditions in the Northwestern (NW) Greenland Sea in the Fram Strait. As the intensity of the RAC might significantly influence both deep-water formation in the area and the stability of the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet (NE GIS), knowledge of its variability in the past is important. Here we ...
    • Response of benthic foraminifera to environmental successions of cold seeps from Vestnesa Ridge, Svalbard: Implications for interpretations of paleo-seepage environments 

      Melaniuk, Katarzyna; Sztybor, Kamila; Treude, Tina; Sommer, Stefan; Zajaczkowski, Marek; Rasmussen, Tine Lander (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-15)
      This paper presents the results of a study on the response of living benthic foraminifera to progressing environmental successions in a cold-seep ecosystem. Sediment samples were collected from Vestnesa Ridge (79°N, Fram Strait) at ~1200 m water depth. The distribution of live (Rose Bengal-stained) foraminifera were analyzed in the upper sediment layers in relation to pore water biogeochemical data ...