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Modern spatial (seasonal) variability in sea ice cover of the Kara and Laptev seas: Reconstruction from new biomarker data determined in surface sediments |
VerfasserIn |
X. Xiao, K. Fahl, R. Stein |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2012
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Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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Digitales Dokument |
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Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
Datensatznummer |
250058733
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Zusammenfassung |
Sea ice is a fundamental component of Earth’s climate system, contributing to heat reduction
(albedo) and deep-water formation. In order to understand processes controlling the recent
dramatic reduction in Arctic sea ice cover, it is essential to determine spatial and temporal
changes in sea ice occurrence and its natural variability in the present and past. Here, we
present new biomarker data from surface sediments and related to the modern spatial
(seasonal) sea ice variability in the Kara and Laptev seas. That means, we determined
concentrations of the sea ice diatom-derived biomarker „IP25“ (isoprenoid with 25 carbon
atom; Belt et al., 2007), phytoplankton-derived biomarkers (brassicasterol and dinosterol) and
terrigenous biomarkers (campesterol and ß-sitosterol) to estimate recent sea ice conditions in
the study area. Assessment of sea ice conditions based on these biomarkers shows that a
marginal ice zone exists along the continental shelf/slope of Kara and Laptev seas during
summer/early fall. Elevated IP25 as well as brassicasterol and dinosterol values
occurring in the central Kara and Laptev seas are related to extended sea-ice-cover
and higher primary production (close to ice edge situation). Further to the north,
lower IP25 and phytoplankton biomarker concentrations point to a more close sea
ice cover situation. There are no IP25 and very low brassicasterol and dinosterol
concentrations in the river mouths but high terrigenous biomarker (campesterol and
ß-sitosterol) concentrations due to the fresh water inflow transporting terrigenous matter to
estuaries. A combined phytoplankton-IP25 biomarker approach („PIP25 index“;
Müller et al., 2009, 2011) is used to reconstruct the modern sea ice distribution more
quantitatively.
References:
Belt, S.T., Massé, G., Rowland, S.J., Poulin, M., Michel, C., LeBlanc, B., 2007. A novel
chemical fossil of palaeo sea ice: IP25. Org. Geochem. 38, 16-27.
Müller, J., Massé, G., Stein, R., and Belt, S., 2009. Extreme variations in sea ice cover for
Fram Strait during the past 30 ka. Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO665.
Müller, J., Wagner, A., Fahl, K., Stein, R., Prange, M., and Lohmann, G., 2011. Towards
quantitative sea ice reconstructions in the northern North Atlantic: A combined
biomarker and numerical modelling approach. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 306, 137-148. |
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