The Northern North Atlantic

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. The Environment of the Northern North-Atlantic Ocean: Modern Depositional Processes and their Historical Documentation

   • Priska Schäfer, Jörn Thiede, Sebastian Gerlach, Gerd Graf, Erwin Suess, Bernt Zeitzschel

   Pages 1-17

3. An Overview of Sea-Ice Conditions in the Greenland Sea and the Relationship of Oceanic Sedimentation to the Ice Regime

   • René O. Ramseier, Caren Garrity, Thomas Martin

   Pages 19-38

4. Constraints on Carbon Drawdown and Export in the Greenland Sea

   • Thomas T. Noji, Lisa A. Miller, Ingunn Skjelvan, Eva Falck, K. Yngve Børsheim, Francisco Rey et al.

   Pages 39-52

5. Particle Flux Variability in the Polar and Atlantic Biogeochemical Provinces of the Nordic Seas

   • Rolf Peinert, Avan Antia, Eduard Bauerfeind, Bodo V. Bodungen, Olaf Haupt, Marita Krumbholz et al.

   Pages 53-68

6. Biogenic Particle Sources and Vertical Flux Patterns in the Seasonally Ice-Covered Greenland Sea

   • Rolf Peinert, Eduard Bauerfeind, Rolf Gradinger, Olaf Haupt, Marita Krumbholz, Ilka Peeken et al.

   Pages 69-79

7. Distribution, Export and Alteration of Fossilizable Plankton in the Nordic Seas

   • Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Harald Andruleit, Stefan Jensen, Christian Samtleben, Priska Schäfer, Jens Matthiessen et al.

   Pages 81-104

8. Distribution of Calcareous, Siliceous and Organic-Walled Planktic Microfossils in Surface Sediments of the Nordic Seas and their Relation to Surface-Water Masses

   • Jens Matthiessen, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Christian Hass, Harald Andruleit, Astrid Baumann et al.

   Pages 105-127

9. Particle Transport, Distribution Patterns of Sedimentological Properties and Biological Communities

   • Laurenz Thomsen, Tjeerd van Weering

   Pages 129-133

10. Modern Ocean Current-Controlled Sediment Transport in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian (GIN) Seas

    • Hermann Fohrmann, Jan O. Backhaus, Frank Blaume, Bernd J. Haupt, Jochen Kämpf, Klaus Michels et al.

    Pages 135-154

11. Records and Processes of Near-Bottom Sediment Transport along the Norwegian-Greenland Sea Margins during Holocene and Late Weichselian (Termination I) Times

    • Jan Rumohr, Frank Blaume, Helmut Erlenkeuser, Hermann Fohrmann, Franz-Josef Hollender, Jürgen Mienert et al.

    Pages 155-178

12. Patterns and Determinants of the Distribution and Structure of Benthic Faunal Assemblages in the Northern North Atlantic

    • Dieter Piepenburg, Angelika Brandt, Karen von Juterzenka, Michaela Mayer, Klaus Schnack, Dan Seiler et al.

    Pages 179-198

13. Exchange Processes Across the Sediment Water Interface

    • Will Ritzrau, Gerhard Graf, Michael Schlüter

    Pages 199-206

14. Bentho-Pelagic Coupling and Carbon Dynamics in the Northern North Atlantic

    • Will Ritzrau, Gerhard Graf, Annette Scheltz, Wolfgang Queisser

    Pages 207-224

15. Fluxes of Organic Carbon and Biogenic Silica Reaching the Seafloor: A Comparison of High Northern and Southern Latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean

    • Michael Schlüter, Eberhard J. Sauter, Detlef Schulz-Bull, Wolfgang Balzer, Erwin Suess

    Pages 225-240

16. Concentration and Microbial Decomposition of Organic Material in Sediments of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

    • Marion Köster, Lutz-Arend Meyer-Reil

    Pages 241-257

17. Changes in the Hydrate Stability Zone on the Norwegian Margin and their Consequence for Methane and Carbon Releases Into the Oceanosphere

    • Jürgen Mienert, Jörg Posewang, Dirk Lukas

    Pages 259-280

18. Climate Change and Paleoceanography

    • Morten Hald

    Pages 281-290

19. The Potential of Synoptic Plankton Analyses for Paleoclimatic Investigations: Five Plankton Groups from the Holocene Nordic Seas

    • H. Christian Hass, Harald Andruleit, Astrid Baumann, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Alexander Kohly, Stefan Jensen et al.

    Pages 291-318

20. Paleoceanographic Proxies in the Northern North Atlantic

    • Mara Weinelt, Wolfgang Kuhnt, Michael Sarnthein, Alexander Altenbach, Oran Costello, Helmut Erlenkeuser et al.

    Pages 319-352

The northern North Atlantic is one of the regions most sensitive to past and present global changes. This book integrates the results of an interdisciplinary project studying the properties of the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas and the processes of pelagic and benthic particle formation, particle transport, and deposition in the deep-sea sediments. Ice-related and biogeochemical processes have been investigated to decipher the spatial and temporal variability of the production and fate of organic carbon in this region. Isotopic stratigraphy, microfossil assemblages and paleotemperatures are combined to reconstruct paleoceanographic conditions and to model past climatic changes in the Late Quaternary. The Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas can now be considered one of the best studied subbasins of the world`s oceans.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Northern North Atlantic
• Nördlicher Nord-Atlantik
• Ocean
• Oceanography
• Partikelfluß
• Quartär
• Umweltvariabilität
• environmental varibiability
• late Quaternary
• particle flux
• plankton
• temperature

From the reviews:

"This is a … information-packed book that gives a highly detailed picture of the latest research on the palaeoceanography of the Norwegian and Greenland seas and their modern role in ocean climate change. … There is a focus on the palaeoceanographic record as revealed by sediments, but many other areas are covered, including modern-day oceanography, sea ice, plankton, and benthos. … as a review of latest research results it is invaluable." (Peter Wadhams, Polar Record, Vol. 39 (3), 2003)

"The highlights of the German Science Foundation’s interdisciplinary research project SFB 313 … are presented in this volume … . the quality of this volume is high, the graphics are generally good and the standard set by the referees and editors commendable for an edited collection such as this. … whether you are looking for a multidisciplinary, regional synthesis or seeking specific data, I cannot think of a better starting-point or introduction to the northern North Atlantic, and strongly recommend this book." (William Austin, The Holocene, Vol. 13 (4), 2003)

"The twenty-five chapters in this impressive volume represent the summary of 14 years of research which was largely funded through the University of Kiel, Germany. … I feel that this volume represents a major and successful synthesis of northern North Atlantic sediment and paleoceanographic processes. Hence it is a book that I would strongly recommend for academic libraries that deal with the Earth Sciences and issues of Past Environments. It is a book that professionals will want to consult and read." (John T. Andrews, Journal of Paleolimnology, Vol. 28, 2002)

"The interdisciplinary research project ‘Global environmental change: the northern North Atlantic’ (SFB 313) was a long-term scientific program at the University of Kiel, funded from 1985 to 1998 mainly by the German Science Foundation. … The main results of this program … are summarized in this book. … There is much to interest climatologists in this book, and it forms essential reading for research workers interested in the causes of climatic variations in western Europe, both now and in the past." (J. G. Lockwood, International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 22 (11), 2002)

• Institute for Geosciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

  Priska Schäfer

• Walldorf, Germany

  Will Ritzrau

• Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany

  Michael Schlüter, Jörn Thiede

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