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Lithogenic sediment on Arctic pack ice: Potential aeolian flux and contribution to deep sea sediments

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Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport

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Abstract

Potential aeolian input of lithogenic sediment to sea ice and possible contribution from sea ice to sedimentation in Eurasian Arctic deep basins are discussed for modern and glacial environments. Low atmospheric fluxes estimated by previous investigations of snow samples from Amerasian Basin sea ice and the Greenland ice cap indicate that atmospheric deposition from long range sources probably provides only low quantities of lithogenic material to the Eurasian ice surface. Other likely sources for the predominantly fine-grained sediment in the Eurasian Arctic ice are entrained river, nearshore and shelf sediments.

Particles deposited both on the sea ice surface and within the upper ice column will affect ice characteristics. Especially in multiyear ice which experiences extensive surface melting during summer, particles within the melted snow and ice will be concentrated at the ice surface. If particle concentrations are high, the ice surface will become darkened or discolored, changing ice albedo and melting patterns. Sediment may aggregate to form more or less cohesive pellets during repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Implications for deposition from particle-laden sea ice to the sea floor are discussed.

High dust content in Greenland ice formed during the last glacial maximum indicates that at that time atmospheric flux of lithogenic material was much higher than today. Correspondingly large fluxes may be expected to the surface of sea ice during the last glacial maximum.

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Pfirman, S., Wollenburg, I., Thiede, J., Lange, M.A. (1989). Lithogenic sediment on Arctic pack ice: Potential aeolian flux and contribution to deep sea sediments. In: Leinen, M., Sarnthein, M. (eds) Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport. NATO ASI Series, vol 282. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0995-3_19

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