Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic Margins (Geological Society Special Publication Series : No. 111)

Focuses on ice sheet/ocean interactions, on oceanic climate change during the last deglaciation period and on the high temporal resolution that can be obtained from sediment records at continental margin sites. Includes papers from the northeastern North American continental margin, East Greenland margin, the margins of northwest Europe, the northwest European Arctic and the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. Many of the papers present high-resolution stratigraphic data, supported by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates, which demonstrate the advantages of continental margin records in resolving the palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic Ocean and in regional reconstructions of climate change. Also available: Biogeochemical Controls on Palaeoceanographic Environmental Proxies - Special Publication no 303 - ISBN 1862392579 New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis - Special Publication No 267 - ISBN 978-1-86239-210-6 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides The Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography Of North Atlantic Margins : An Introduction / John T. Andrews ... [et Al.] -- Late Glacial Foraminifera / Karen Luise Knudsen And William E. N. Austin -- Abrupt Changes In Marine Conditions, Sunneshine Fiord, Eastern Baffin Island, Nwt During The Last Deglacial Transition : Younger Dryas And H-0 Events / J. T. Andrews ... [et Al.] -- Shelf Erosion And Glacial Ice Proximity In The Labrador Sea During And After Heinrich Events (h-3 Or 4 To H-0) As Shown By Foraminifera / Anne E. Jennings ... [et Al.] -- Palaeoceanographic Information Derived From Acoustic Surveys Of Glaciated Continental Margins : Examples From Eastern Canada / James P.m. Syvitski ... [et Al.] -- Declaciation Of The Inner Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia : Correlation Of Terrestrial And Marine Glacial Events / R. R. Stea ... [et Al.] -- Rock (mineral)-magnetic Properties Of Post-glacial (16-0.5 Ka) Sediments From The Emerald Basin (scotian Shelf), Canada / Frank R. Hall And Stefanie J. Reed -- Deep-sea Ostracode Shell Chemistry (mg:ca Ratios) And Late Quaternary Arctic Ocean History / Thomas M. Cronin ... [et Al.] -- Late Quaternary Glacial History And Short-term Ice-rafted Debris Fluctuations Along The East Greenland Continental Margin / Ruediger Stein ... [et Al.] -- Late Quaternary Sedimentation Along A Fjord To Shelf (trough) Transect, East Greenland (c. 68° N) / J. T. Andrews ... [et Al.] -- North Atlantic Sea Surface Conditions During The Younger Dryas Cold Event / J. C. Duplessy, L. D. Labeyrie, And M. Paterne -- Late Glacial-holocene Sea Surface Temperatures And Gradients Between The North Atlantic And The Norwegian Sea : Implications For The Nordic Heat Pump / Nalân Koc̦ ... [et Al.] -- Late Glacial Sedimentology, Foraminifera And Stable Istope Stratigraphy Of The Hebridean Continental Shelf, Northwest Scotland / W. E. N. Austin And D. Kroon -- Marine Mollescan Proxy Data Applied To Scottish Late Glacial And Flandrian Sites : Strengths And Limitations / J. D. Peacock -- Late Glacial Sea Level And Ocean Margin Environmental Changes Interpreted From Biostratigraphic And Lithostratigraphic Studies Of Isolation Basins In Northwest Scotland / Ian Shennan ... [et Al.] -- Late Weichselian Environmental Changes Of The Southern Kattegat, Scandinavia, Inferred From Diatom Records / Hui Jiang And Kjell Nordberg -- Sedimentological Examination Of The Late Weichselian Sea-level History Following Deglaciation Of Northern Denmark / Niels Richardt -- Palaeoceanography On The European Arctic Margin During The Last Deglaciation / Morten Hald, Trond Dokken, And Sveinung Hagen -- Deglaciation History And Palaeoceanography Of The Western Spitsbergen Margin Since The Last Glacial Maximum / J. Lloyd ... [et Al.] -- Late Glacial Air Temperature, Oceanographic And Ice Sheet Interactions In The Southern Barents Sea Region / Tore O. Vorren And Jan S. Laberg -- Post-glacial Environments Of The Southeastern Barents Sea : Foraminiferal Evidence / Leonid Polyak And Valery Mikhailov -- Late Weichselian Deglaciation Of The Barents Sea And Low Salinity Events In The Norwegian Sea / Mikko Punkari -- Palynology As A Tool For Land-sea Correlation : An Example From The Eastern Mediterranean Region / Karin A. F. Zonneveld And Karin P. Boessenkool -- Earth Rotation, Ocean Circulation And Palaeoclimate : The North Atlantic-- European Example / Nils-axel Mörner. Edited By J.t. Andrews ... [et Al.]. Papers Presented At A Meeting Held At The Royal Society Of Edinburgh And A Series Of Workshops At The Dept. Of Geology And Geophysics, University Of Edinburgh January 5-7, 1995. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover (small)......Page 1 Cover......Page 2 Frontmatter......Page 3 Contents ......Page 7 Palaeoceanography of North Atlantic margins: an introduction......Page 10 Late glacial foraminifera......Page 16 Abrupt changes in marine conditions, Sunneshine Fiord, eastern Baffin Island, NWT during the last deglacial transition: Younger Dryas and H-0 events......Page 20 Shelf erosion and glacial ice proximity in the Labrador Sea during and after Heinrich events (H-3 or 4 to H-0) as shown by foraminifera......Page 38 Palaeoceanographic information derived from acoustic surveys of glaciated continental margins: examples from eastern Canada......Page 60 Deglaciation of the inner Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia: correlation of terrestrial and marine glacial events......Page 86 Rock (mineral)-magnetic properties of post-glacial (16-0.5ka) sediments from the Emerald Basin (Scotian Shelf), Canada......Page 112 Deep-sea ostracode shell chemistry (Mg : Ca ratios) and Late Quaternary Arctic Ocean history......Page 126 Late Quaternary glacial history and short-term ice-rafted debris fluctuations along the East Greenland continental margin......Page 144 Late Quaternary sedimentation along a t]ord to shelf (trough) transect, East Greenland (c. 68°N)......Page 162 North Atlantic sea surface conditions during the Younger Dryas cold event......Page 176 Late glacial-Holocene sea surface temperatures and gradients between the North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea: implications for the Nordic heat pump......Page 186 Late glacial sedimentology, foraminifera and stable isotope stratigraphy of the Hebridean continental shelf, northwest Scotland......Page 196 Marine molluscan proxy data applied to Scottish late glacial and Flandrian sites: strengths and limitations......Page 224 Late glacial sea level and ocean margin environmental changes interpreted from biostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic studies of isolation basins in northwest Scotland......Page 238 Late Weichselian environmental changes of the southern Kattegat, Scandinavia, inferred from diatom records......Page 254 Sedimentological examination of the Late Weichselian sea-level history following deglaciation of northern Denmark......Page 270 Palaeoceanography on the European arctic margin during the last deglaciation......Page 284 Deglaciation history and palaeoceanography of the western Spitsbergen margin since the last glacial maximum......Page 298 Late glacial air temperature, oceanographic and ice sheet interactions in the southern Barents Sea region......Page 312 Post-glacial environments of the southeastern Barents Sea: foraminiferal evidence......Page 332 Late Weichselian deglaciation of the Barents Sea and low salinity events in the Norwegian Sea......Page 348 Palynology as a tool for land-sea correlation: an example from the eastern Mediterranean region......Page 360 Earth rotation, ocean circulation and palaeoclimate: the North Atlantic-European example......Page 368 Index......Page 380 Backcover......Page 386 Biogeochemical Controls On Palaeoceanographic Environmental Proxies: An Introduction / W.e.n. Austin & R.h. James -- Biogeochemical Controls On Palaeoceanographic Environmental Proxies: A Review / R.h. James & W.e.n. Austin -- Vital Effects And Beyond: A Modelling Perspective On Developing Palaeoceanographic Proxy Relationships In Foraminifera / R.e. Zeebe [and Others] -- Foraminifer Test Preservation And Diagenesis: Comparison Of High Latitude Eocene Sites / P.n. Pearson & C. Burgess -- The Influences Of Growth Rates On Planktic Foraminifers As Proxies For Palaeostudies-a Review / D.n. Schmidt, T. Elliott & S.a. Kasemann -- Fine-scale Growth Patterns Incoral Skeletons: Biochemical Cntrol Over Crystallization Of Argonite Fibres And Assessment Of Early Diagenesis / J.p. Cuif [and Others] -- Modern Deep-sea Benthic Foraminifera: A Brief Review Of Their Morphology-based Biodiversity And Trophic Diversity / A.j. Gooday, H. Nomaki & H. Kitizato -- The Use Of Benthic Foraminiferal ð13c In Palaeoceanography: Constraints From Primary Proxy Relationships / A. Mackensen -- The Carbon And Oxygen Stable Isotopic Composition Of Cultured Benthic Foraminifera / D. Mccorkle [and Others] -- Seasonal Dynamics Of Coastal Water Masses In A Scottish Fjord And Their Potential Influence On Benthic Foraminiferal Shell Geochemistry / A.g. Gage & W.e.n. Austin -- Isotopic Variability In The Intertidal Acorn Barnacle Semibalanus Balanoides: A Potentially Novel Sea-level Proxy Indicator / K.f. Craven [and Others]. Edited By W.e.n. Austin And R.h. James. Contains Papers Presented At The Geological Society Of London Meeting On Biogeochemical Controls On Palaeoceanographic Proxies, Held At Burlington House, London, Uk, 3-4 October, 2005. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In this volume, recent advances in analytical and logging technology and their application to the analysis of sediment cores are presented. Developments in providing access to core data and associated datasets, and advances in data mining technology in order to integrate and interpret new and legacy datasets within the wider context of seafloor studies are also discussed