Identification of Paleo Arctic Winter Sea Ice Limits and the Marginal Ice Zone: Optimised Biomarker-based Reconstructions of Late Quaternary Arctic Sea Ice |
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L. Smik1, S.T. Belt1, P. Cabedo-Sanz1, A. Navarro-Rodriguez1, S.M.P. Berben2, J. Knies3,4 and K. Husum5 |
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Biogeochemistry Research Centre, Plymouth University, Plymouth, U.K. |
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Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Norway |
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Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway |
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CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, University of Tromsø, Norway |
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Norwegian Polar institute, Tromsø, Norway |
Presented at: UK Arctic Science Conference 2015, Sheffield, U.K., 16-18 September 2015. |
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In recent years, the analysis of the biomarker IP25 (Belt et al., 2007), a highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) lipid made uniquely by certain Arctic sea icedwelling diatoms (Brown et al., 2014), has been suggested to provide a more direct measure of past sea ice when detected in underlying sediments. Further, combined measurements of IP25 and phytoplankton biomarkers was suggested to provide more semi-quantitative estimates of sea ice concentration. In the current study, we apply this approach using a further HBI lipid, to characterise the maximum (winter) sea ice extent and MIZ, thus providing more detailed information regarding paleo sea ice conditions than through analysis of IP25 alone.
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