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Ice age climates of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

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Marine geological information is synthesized to provide the most comprehensive history available of sea surface conditions of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea during the Neogene ice age. The initiation of glaciation in this region at approximately 3.0 Ma can be inferred only from indirect sources. DSDP Leg 38 recovery in glacial sections is summarized, and the research of CLIMAP members is reviewed. Quarternary sediments of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea are compared to Arctic, Antarctic, and North Atlantic regions. Evidence concerning the existence of permanent ice cover during glacial stages is considered to be inconclusive. Warning of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea at the end of the Weichselian Glacial Stage began approximately 13,000 abp, and there is no demonstratable concordance between oceanic conditions and terrestrial climates of Scandinavian after North Atlantic water re-enterred this sea. Recession of an ice shelf of unknown extent on the continental margin northwest of Möre, Norway is inferred from slope sediments and physiography.

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    Björklund K. R. (Dr.)

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    Goll R. M. (Dr.)

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Björklund, K.R., Goll, R.M. Ice age climates of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. GeoJournal 3, 273–286 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177633

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