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Sarnthein, Michael; van Kreveld, Shirley A; Erlenkeuser, Helmut; Grootes, Pieter Meiert; Kucera, Michal; Pflaumann, Uwe; Schulz, Michael (2003): Sedimentology and geochemistry of core GIK23258-2 in the Barents Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.727691, Supplement to: Sarnthein, M et al. (2003): Centennial-to-millennial-scale periodicities of Holocene climate and sediment injections off western Barents shelf, 75°N. Boreas, 32(3), 447-461, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01227.x

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Abstract:
At the western continental margin of the Barents Sea, 75°N, hemipelagic sediments provide a record of Holocene climate change with a time resolution of 10-70 years. Planktic foraminifera counts reveal a very early Holocene thermal optimum 10.7-7.7 kyr BP, with summer sea surface temperatures (SST) of 8°C and a much enhanced West Spitsbergen Current. There was a short cooling between 8.8 and 8.2 kyr BP. In the middle and late Holocene summer, SST dropped to 2.5°-5.0°C, indicative of reduced Atlantic heat advection, except for two short warmings near 2.2 and 1.6 kyr BP. Distinct quasi-periodic spikes of coarse sediment fraction (with large portions of lithic grains, benthic and planktic foraminifera) record cascades of cold, dense winter water down the continental slope as a result of enhanced seasonal sea ice formation and storminess on the Barents shelf over the entire Holocene. The spikes primarily cluster near recurrence intervals of 400-650 and 1000-1350 years, when traced over the entire Holocene, but follow significant 885-/840- and 505-/605-year periodicities in the early Holocene. These non-stationary periodicities mimic the Greenland-[Formula: See Text]Be variability, which is a tracer of solar forcing. Further significant Holocene periodicities of 230, (145) and 93 years come close to the deVries and Gleissberg solar cycles.
Project(s):
Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel (GIK/IfG)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 74.997387 * Median Longitude: 13.968062 * South-bound Latitude: 74.995300 * West-bound Longitude: 13.966650 * North-bound Latitude: 74.998083 * East-bound Longitude: 13.968533
Date/Time Start: 1988-07-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-07-16T00:00:00
Event(s):
GIK23258-2 * Latitude: 74.998083 * Longitude: 13.968533 * Date/Time: 1988-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1768.0 m * Penetration: 10.5 m * Recovery: 9.32 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: M7/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL)
GIK23258-3 * Latitude: 74.995300 * Longitude: 13.966650 * Date/Time: 1988-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1781.0 m * Recovery: 0.45 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: M7/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Giant box corer (GKG)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): (Table 1) Age determination of sediment cores GIK23258-2/-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114681
  2. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Distribution of foraminifera of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114682
  3. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Grain size distribution of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114680
  4. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Sedimentation rates of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114678
  5. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Power spectral density of 6-10 kyr BP of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.126731
  6. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Sea surface temperatures of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114683
  7. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Stable isotopes of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114676
  8. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Temporal spacings of maxima in foraminifers and coarse fraction of sediment core GIK23258-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.126411
  9. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Grain size distribution of sediment core GIK23258-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114679
  10. Sarnthein, M; van Kreveld, SA; Erlenkeuser, H et al. (2003): Stable isotopes of sediment core GIK23258-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.114677