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SUMMARY:Oceanography in Arctic fjords - Finlo Cottier (Scottish Associatio
 n for Marine Science)
DTSTART:20110223T163000Z
DTEND:20110223T173000Z
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CONTACT:Poul Christoffersen
DESCRIPTION:Arctic fjords are rapidly becoming the focus of intense oceano
 graphic activity\, both physical and biological.  The main sites of curren
 t research are the fjords in Svalbard and Greenland.  The dynamics and exc
 hanges of fjords are particularly important with respect to the delivery o
 f heat to glacier fronts.  There are also complex interactions on the adja
 cent shallow shelves that determine the input of oceanic waters to the fjo
 rds.  Fjords are also recognised as sites for process based studies and th
 is is particularly relevant to studying seasonality in biological systems.
   This talk will present examples of physical and biological research unde
 rtaken in arctic fjords demonstrating some of the key attributes and compl
 exities of these coastal environments.  It will include some very recent r
 esults from observational work undertaken during summer 2010 in southeast 
 Greenland where we are starting to disentangle the complex dynamics of hea
 t delivery to tidewater glaciers.
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, main lecture theatre
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