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Holocene environmental changes recorded in Woodfjorden sediments of western Spitsbergen, Svalbard

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dc.contributor.authorJoo, Young Ji-
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Trude-
dc.contributor.authorJoe, Young Jin-
dc.contributor.authorSon, Yeong Ju-
dc.contributor.authorNam, Seung-il-
dc.contributor.authorForwick, Matthias-
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-18T08:23:33Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-18T08:23:33Z-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.kopri.re.kr/handle/201206/12531-
dc.description.abstractFollowing deglaciation of the Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice Sheet in the latest Pleistocene, Holocene climate fluctuations prompted abrupt environmental changes in the Svalbard archipelago, which is located along the connection between the Arctic and the Atlantic oceans. Advection of warm Atlantic water into the Arctic Ocean and its relationship with the regional climate, glacial history, and thermohaline circulation during the Holocene are the key for the mechanistic understanding of environmental changes documented in the Arctic and subarctic realms. Located at the gateway to the Arctic, the Svalbard fjords can provide an excellent setting to investigate influences of the Holocene climatic and oceanographic changes. The fjord is situated along the pathway of the West Spitsbergen Current carrying warm Atlantic water northwards, and thus can be an ideal locality to parse climatic and oceanographic history. The results of textural and geochemical analyses of the Woodfjorden core sediments exhibit compositional changes accounted for the Holocene warming and cooling climates as well as varying inflow of warm Atlantic water. Considering relatively uniform bedrock lithology (upper Paleozoic siliciclastics) underlying the area, occurrences of the calcium carbonate-rich, ice-rafted debris, which is likely transported from the Precambrian marble distributed in the head of the fjord indicate enhanced calving of tidewater glacier entraining coarse grains during periods of warming (latest Pleistocene earliest Holocene) and formation of anchored sea-ice during cool periods (middle Holocene). Carbon isotope composition of organic matter (δ13Corg) and total organic carbon(TOC) contenti llustrate a striking trend showing abrupt shifts in both δ13Corg and TOC from 6 ka to 4 ka BP, marking the transition to the late Holocene.It seemingly coincides with the records of the bottom water masses in the northern Svalbard shelf, where the advection of the warm Atlantic water diminished over a period from ~6.7 ka to 4.5 ka BP. Our data suggest enhanced marine primary production after the mid-Holocene transition which might contradict to the cooler shelf condition and diminished inflow of warm waters. We hypothesize that the cooling and expansion of fast ice likely facilitated water mass exchange between fresh fjord surface water and nutrient-rich shelf water, fueling primary production.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleHolocene environmental changes recorded in Woodfjorden sediments of western Spitsbergen, Svalbarden_US
dc.title.alternative스발바르 우드 피오르드 퇴적물에 기록된 홀로세 고환경 연구en_US
dc.typeProceedingen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationJoo, Young Ji, et al. 2018. Holocene environmental changes recorded in Woodfjorden sediments of western Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The Geological Society of Korea 2018 Fall Conference. Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center (HICO). 2018.10.24~2018.10.26.-
dc.citation.conferenceDate2018.10.24~2018.10.26en_US
dc.citation.conferenceNameThe Geological Society of Korea 2018 Fall Conferenceen_US
dc.citation.conferencePlaceGyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center (HICO)en_US
dc.description.articleClassificationPro(FULL)국내-
dc.subject.keywordSvalbarden_US
dc.subject.keywordFjorden_US
dc.subject.keywordHoloceneen_US
dc.identifier.localId2018-0365-
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2018-2019, Changes in environments and coastal geomorphology of Svalbard fjords, Arctic (18-19) / Nam, Seung-il (PN18090)
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