@article {2855,
	title = {Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism from sediments along a continental shelf-to-slope transect in the NW Barents Sea: Implications for geomagnetic and depositional changes during the past 15 thousand years},
	journal = {Global and Planetary Change},
	volume = {160},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-01-2018},
	pages = {10 - 27},
	abstract = {Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic data were measured on glaciomarine silty-clay successions along an E-W sediment-core transect across the continental shelf and slope of the Kveithola paleo-ice stream system (south of Svalbard, north-western Barents Sea), representing a stratigraphic interval spanning the last deglaciation and the Holocene.

The records indicate that magnetite is the main magnetic mineral and that magnetic minerals are distinctly less abundant on the shelf than at the continental slope. The paleomagnetic properties allow for the reconstruction of a well-defined characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) throughout the sedimentary successions. The stratigraphic trends of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters are used for a shelf-slope core correlation and sediment facies analysis is applied for depositional processes reconstruction. The new paleomagnetic records compare to the PSV and RPI variation predicted for the core sites by a simulation using the global geomagnetic field variation models SHA.DIF.14k and CALS7K.2 and closest PSV and RPI regional stack curves. The elaborated dataset, corroborated by available 14C ages, provides a fundamental chronological framework to constrain the coupling of shelf-slope sedimentary processes and environmental changes in the NW Barents Sea region during and after deglaciation.},
	keywords = {Barents Sea, Kveithola glacial trough, Paleomagnetism, Rock magnetism},
	issn = {09218181},
	doi = {10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.11.007},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818117303077},
	author = {Caricchi, C. and Lucchi, R.G. and Sagnotti, L. and Macr{\`I}, P. and Morigi, C. and Melis, R. and Caffau, M. and Rebesco, M. and Hanebuth, T.J.J.}
}
@article {2856,
	title = {Holocene sea ice variability driven by wind and polynya efficiency in the Ross Sea},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-12-2017},
	abstract = {The causes of the recent increase in Antarctic sea ice extent, characterised by large regional contrasts and decadal variations, remain unclear. In the Ross Sea, where such a sea ice increase is reported, 50\% of the sea ice is produced within wind-sustained latent-heat polynyas. Combining information from marine diatom records and sea salt sodium and water isotope ice core records, we here document contrasting patterns in sea ice variations between coastal and open sea areas in Western Ross Sea over the current interglacial period. Since about 3600 years before present, an increase in the efficiency of regional latent-heat polynyas resulted in more coastal sea ice, while sea ice extent decreased overall. These past changes coincide with remarkable optima or minima in the abundances of penguins, silverfish and seal remains, confirming the high sensitivity of marine ecosystems to environmental and especially coastal sea ice conditions.},
	doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-01455-x},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01455-x},
	author = {Mezgec, K. and Stenni, B. and Crosta, X. and Masson-Delmotte, V. and Baroni, C. and Braida, M. and Ciardini, V. and Colizza, E. and Melis, R. and Salvatore, M. C. and Severi, M. and Scarchilli, C. and Traversi, R. and Udisti, R. and Frezzotti, M.}
}
@conference {1793,
	title = {The southern Svalbard Margin sedimentary system: preliminary results from EGLACOM cruise 2008},
	booktitle = {European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010},
	year = {2010},
	note = {id: 873},
	month = {2010},
	address = {Vienna, Austria},
	author = {Melis, R. and Lucchi, R. G. and Giorgetti, G. and Persico, D. and B{\'A}Rcena, M. A. A. and Caburlotto, A. and Macr{\`I}, P. and Villa, G. and Sagnotti, L. and Rebesco, M.}
}
@article {469,
	title = {Late Quaternary foraminiferal assemblages from western Ross Sea (Antarctica) in relation to the main glacial and marine lithofacies},
	journal = {Marine Micropaleontology},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1879; 405HR Times Cited:0 Cited References Count:66Y},
	pages = {39-53},
	abstract = {investigations oil foraminifers from Upper Pleistocene-Holocene sediments were carried Out On twelve cores from the western Ross Sea continental margin (Drygalski, Joides, North Victoria Land Basins) as part of a "Progetto Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide" (P.N.R.A.) multidisciplinary project. Data on the foraminiferal frequency, species diversity, tests abundance and their state of preservation were presented as a synthesis of 404 core samples to establish their relationships with the main glacial and marine lithofacies of this area. A total of 126 benthic species. pertaining to 73 genera have been identified; just few taxa, such as Cibicides spp., Globocassidulina spp., Trifarina angulosa and Miliammina spp. being the most ubiquitous and in some cases the dominant species of these paleoenvironments. Two variants of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, including thin and thick-shelled forms have been recovered. We propose to use these results to provide the degree of glacial control during the Last Glacial Maximum and the following Holocene retreat of the ice sheets. High test fragmentation, low diversity and density tests reflect higher glacial influence of the ice sheet in the Drygalski Basin, whereas the decreasing percentage of fragmentation and a relative increase of density and diversity in Drygalski, Joides and North Victoria Land Basins indicate the paleoenvironmental passage from the ice sheet to the ice shelf condition. The ice shelf retreat is well evidenced in the Joides Basin by a succession of levels barren of foraminifers alternating with high-density levels, rich in T angulosa, followed by a total disappearance of the calcareous foraminifers. Open-marine settings indicative of lower glacial influence and increased corrosiveness of the water masses is testified by the Miliammina foraminiferal assemblage during the Holocene in Drygalski and Joides Basins cores. On the contrary, rich and abundant benthic and planktonic assemblages characterize the Holocene paleoenvironment of the North Victoria Land area, indicating that the water masses were less corrosive with respect to the other areas. In addition to the glacial reworking of the tests, and the dissolution due to the corrosive water mass conditions, the volcaniclastic sediments recovered in the North Victoria Land Basin cores also affected the condition of test preservation. In volcaniclastic sediments, older than about 20 ka BP, the foraminifers concentration tends to zero and, when present, their tests are highly damaged or completely broken. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0377-8398},
	doi = {10.1016/J.Marmicro.2008.10.003},
	author = {Melis, R. and Salvi, G.}
}
