Paleoclimate (O to > 14 ka) of W and NW Iceland, A Comparison of Lake and Near-Shore Marine Proxy Records: A USA/Iceland Contribution to P.A.L.E

John T. Andrews andrewsj@Colorado.edu  (Principal Investigator current)
Anne Jennings  (Co-Principal Investigator current)
James P. Syvitski  (Co-Principal Investigator current)
                    
Abstract    

     Abstract  ATM-9531397  Andrews, John  University of Colorado, Boulder 
     Title: Paleoclimate (0 to >14 ka) of W and NW Iceland, A Comparison          of
     Lake and Near-Shore Marine Proxy Records: A USA/Iceland          Contribution
     to P.A.L.E.    Iceland is located on the eastern side of Denmark Strait in a
     region where changes in the extent and duration of sea ice have  major impacts
     on both the marine and terrestrial environments.   This area monitors the
     relative strength of both the northward  advection of Atlantic Water and the
     southward flux of sea ice and  freshwater in the East Greenland Current.  This
     PALE/ARCSS award  supports the recovery of a series of sediment cores from
     lakes in  NW Iceland and compares their proxy records of climate with proxy
     records from marine cores taken from fjords and shelf-troughs off  northwestern
     Iceland.  Based on earlier PALE studies,  decadal/centennial sampling
     resolution is realistic in both  environments, and correlations within systems
     and between lakes and  the offshore are enhanced by an abundance of regional
     tephras.  A  major Icelandic contribution to the grant will include ship-time
     to  carry out coring along three fjord shelf transects in northwestern Iceland.