Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic, Dynamics and History

Abstract

Section A: Modern Ocean and Sea-Ice Processes.- Features of Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Sea Level and Water Circulation in the Laptev Sea.- Numerical Modelling of Storm Surges in the Laptev Sea Based on the Finite Element Method.- Large-Scale Variations of Sea Level in the Laptev Sea.- Extreme Oscillations of the Sea Level in the Laptev Sea.- Internal Waves in the Laptev Sea.- The Composition of the Coarse Fraction of Aerosols in the Marine Boundary Layer over the Laptev, Kara and Barents Seas.- New Data on Sea-Ice Albedo in the Laptev and Barents Seas.- Possible Causes of Radioactive Contamination in the Laptev Sea.- Oceanographic Causes for Transarctic Ice Transport of River Discharge.- Step-Like Vertical Structure Formation Due to Turbulent Mixing of Initially Continuous Density Gradients.- Dissolved and Particulate Major and Trace Elements in Newly Formed Ice from the Laptev Sea(Transdrift III, October 1995).- Particle Entrainment into Newly Forming Sea Ice - Freeze-Up Studies in October 1995.- Frazil Ice Formation during the Spring Flood and its Role in Transport of Sediments to the Ice Cover.- Section B: The Marine Ecosystem.- Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in the Laptev Sea Affected by Ice Cover.- Chlorophyll a Distribution in Water Column and Sea Ice during the Laptev Sea Freeze-Up Study in Autumn 1995.- Composition, Abundance and Population Structure of Spring-Time Zooplankton in the Shelf-Zone of Laptev Sea.- Macrobenthos Distribution in the Laptev Sea in Relation to Hydrology.- Carepoctus Solidus Sp.n., A New Species Of Liparid Fish (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae) From The Lower Bathyal Of The Polar Basin.- Spring Stopover of Birds on the Laptev Sea Polynya.- Section C: Land-Ocean Interactions and Pathways.- Major, Trace and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Suspended Particulate Material of East Siberian Rivers Draining to the Arctic Ocean.- Carbon Isotope Composition of Particulate Organic Material in East Siberian Rivers.- Distribution of River Water and Suspended Sediment Loads in the Deltas of Rivers in the Basins of The Laptev and East-Siberian Seas.- Dissolved Oxygen, Silicon, Phosphorous and Suspended Matter Concentrations During the Spring Breakup of The Lena River.- Distribution Patterns of Heavy Minerals in Siberian Rivers, the Laptev Sea and the eastern Arctic Ocean: An Approach to Identify Sources, Transport and Pathways of Terrigenous Matter.- The Role of Coastal Retreat for Sedimentation in the Laptev Sea.- Section D: Terrestrial Environment - Past and Present.- Seasonal Changes in Hydrology, Energy Balance and Chemistry in the Active Layers of Arctic Tundra Soils in Taymyr Peninsula, Russia.- The Landscape and Geobotanical Characteristics of the Levinson-Lessing Lake Basin, Byrranga Mountains, Central Taimyr.- Studies of Methane Production and Emission in Relation to the Microrelief of a Polygonal Tundra in Northern Siberia.- Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emmissions at Arctic Tundra Sites in North Siberia.- The Features of the Hydrological Regime of the Lake-River Systems of the Byrranga Mountains (by the Example of the Levinson-Lessing Lake).- Lead-210 Dating and Heavy Metal Concentration in Recent Sediments of Lama Lake (Norilsk Area, Siberia).- Late Weichselian to Holocene Diatom Succession in a Sediment Core from Lama Lake, Siberia and Presumed Ecological Implications.- Climate and Vegetation History of the Taymyr Peninsula since Middle Weichselian Time - Palynological Evidence from Lake Sediments.- Laminated Sediments from Levinson-Lessing Lake, Northern Central Siberia - A 30,000 Year Record of Environmental History?.- High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy of Lake Sediments on the Taymyr Peninsula, Central Siberia.- Archaeological Survey in Central Taymyr.- Marine Pleistocene Deposits of the Taymyr Peninsula and their Age from ESR Dating.- Paleoclimatic Indicators from Permafrost Sequences in the Eastern Taymyr Lowland.- Section E: Marine Depositional Environment - Past and Present.- Stable Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Benthic Carbonate Shells of Ostracoda, Foraminifera, and Bivalvia from Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea, Summer 1993 and 1994.- Determination of Depositional Beryllium-10 Fluxes in the Area of the Laptev Sea and Beryllium-10 Concentrations in Water Samples of High Northern Latitudes.- Spatial Distribution of Diatom Surface Sediment Assemblages on the Laptev Sea Shelf (Russian Arctic).- Diatoms from Surface Sediments of the Saint Anna Trough (Kara Sea).- Distribution of Aquatic Palynomorphs in Surface Sediments from the Laptev Sea, Eastern Arctic Ocean.- Distribution of Pollen and Spores in Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea.- Clay Mineral Distribution in Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea: Indicator for Sediment Provinces, Dynamics and Sources.- Planktic Foraminifera in Holocene Sediments from the Laptev Sea and the Central Arctic Ocean: Species Distribution and Paleobiogeographical Implication.- Holocene Diatom Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography of the Eurasian Arctic Seas.- Late Quaternary Organic Carbon and Biomarker Records from the Laptev Sea Continental Margin (Arctic Ocean): Implications for Organic Carbon Flux and Composition.- Late Pleistocene Paleoriver Channels on the Laptev Sea Shelf - Implications from Sub-Bottom Profiling.- Main Structural Elements of Eastern Russian Arctic Continental Margin Derived from Satellite Gravity and Multichannel Seismic Reflection Data.- High Resolution Seismic Studies in the Laptev Sea Shelf: First Results and Future Needs.- Section F: Summary.- Dynamics and History of the Laptev Sea and its Continental Hinterland: A Summary.