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The Late-Quaternary Paleo-Oceanology of the Norwegian Sea Based on the Analysis of Benthic Foraminifera

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Deepwater cores collected at the AMK 5536 and AMK 5524 stations in the northeast of the Norwegian–Greenland Basin during cruise 68 of R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh were studied using the techniques of sedimentology and micropaleontology. The changes in the communities of benthic foraminifera of the Norwegian Sea aquatic area, including their variations in time, were considered. The obtained data provided a way to perform paleooceanological reconstructions in relation to marine isotope stages.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to Professor L. Zhou for the rendered data on AMS dating, M.D. Kravchishina, A.N. Novigatskii, and E.A. Novichkova for their assistance in the sampling, as well as to the crew of R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh.

Funding

The field studies were supported by the State budget (the funding of marine expeditions) and the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-77-10044). The laboratory studies and the article preparation were carried out within the State Assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (theme no. 0149-2019-0007), as well as by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 18-05-70011 and 18-05-00503).

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    L. A. Kireenko & A. G. Matul’

  2. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    L. F. Kopachevich

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Kireenko, L.A., Kopachevich, L.F. & Matul’, A.G. The Late-Quaternary Paleo-Oceanology of the Norwegian Sea Based on the Analysis of Benthic Foraminifera. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 75, 237–245 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875220030059

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