Antarktis-bibliografi er en database over den norske Antarktis-litteraturen.

Hensikten med bibliografien er å synliggjøre norsk antarktisforskning og annen virksomhet/historie i det ekstreme sør. Bibliografien er ikke komplett, spesielt ikke for nyere forskning, men den blir oppdatert.

Norsk er her definert som minst én norsk forfatter, publikasjonssted Norge eller publikasjon som har utspring i norsk forskningsprosjekt.

Antarktis er her definert som alt sør for 60 grader. I tillegg har vi tatt med Bouvetøya.

Det er ingen avgrensing på språk (men det meste av innholdet er på norsk eller engelsk). Eldre norske antarktispublikasjoner (den eldste er fra 1894) er dominert av kvalfangst og ekspedisjoner. I nyere tid er det den internasjonale polarforskninga som dominerer. Bibliografien er tverrfaglig; den dekker både naturvitenskapene, politikk, historie osv. Skjønnlitteratur er også inkludert, men ikke avisartikler eller upublisert materiale.

Til høyre finner du en «HELP-knapp» for informasjon om søkemulighetene i databasen. Mange referanser har lett synlige lenker til fulltekstversjon av det aktuelle dokumentet. For de fleste tidsskriftartiklene er det også lagt inn sammendrag.

Bibliografien er produsert ved Norsk Polarinstitutts bibliotek.

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  • The Maud Belt of East Antarctica represents a late Mesoproterozoic orogen along the periphery of the Proto-Kalahari Craton, and a better understanding of its orogenic nature helps to elucidate the configuration of Kalahari within the Rodinia supercontinent. In this study, we present original and compiled zircon U–Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic data spanning ca. 1180 to 950 Ma along with whole-rock Nd isotopes, covering a broad expanse of the Maud Belt and the adjacent Archean Grunehogna Craton, in an attempt to delineate the spatial and temporal patterns of isotopic compositions and evolution, and to better understand the orogenic architecture and style. Spatial isotopic variations are particularly evident in the western front of the orogen (western H.U. Sverdrupfjella) in contrast to other regions. The former exhibits a wide range of isotopic compositions, with the majority showing highly evolved signatures, indicating that the orogenic crust developed through the reworking of pre-existing Archean–Paleoproterozoic continental crust. In contrast, most other regions of the Maud Belt are characterized by relatively juvenile Hf and Nd isotopic compositions, which are interpreted to be derived from a mixture of juvenile magmas and Paleoproterozoic crust. The Hf isotopic evolution from 1180 Ma to 950 Ma indicates significantly less reworking of pre-existing continental crust compared to other contemporaneous Rodinia-forming orogens, including the Grenville Orogen itself, and emphasizes a predominant addition of juvenile material, implying a continuous subduction process. The isotopic investigation in this study, combined with the geological and paleomagnetic evidence, indicates that the Maud Belt most likely represents an exterior accretionary orogen along the eastern margin of the Proto-Kalahari Craton, rather than being part of the continental collision zones that led to Rodinia amalgamation.

  • The dominant feature of large-scale mass transfer in the modern ocean is the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The geometry and vigour of this circulation influences global climate on various timescales. Palaeoceanographic evidence suggests that during glacial periods of the past 1.5 million years the AMOC had markedly different features from today1; in the Atlantic basin, deep waters of Southern Ocean origin increased in volume while above them the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) shoaled2. An absence of evidence on the origin of this phenomenon means that the sequence of events leading to global glacial conditions remains unclear. Here we present multi-proxy evidence showing that northward shifts in Antarctic iceberg melt in the Indian–Atlantic Southern Ocean (0–50° E) systematically preceded deep-water mass reorganizations by one to two thousand years during Pleistocene-era glaciations. With the aid of iceberg-trajectory model experiments, we demonstrate that such a shift in iceberg trajectories during glacial periods can result in a considerable redistribution of freshwater in the Southern Ocean. We suggest that this, in concert with increased sea-ice cover, enabled positive buoyancy anomalies to ‘escape’ into the upper limb of the AMOC, providing a teleconnection between surface Southern Ocean conditions and the formation of NADW. The magnitude and pacing of this mechanism evolved substantially across the mid-Pleistocene transition, and the coeval increase in magnitude of the ‘southern escape’ and deep circulation perturbations implicate this mechanism as a key feedback in the transition to the ‘100-kyr world’, in which glacial–interglacial cycles occur at roughly 100,000-year periods.

Last update from database: 12/1/25, 3:10 AM (UTC)