Properties and history of the central eastern Arctic sea floor

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Thiede, J., Altenbach, A., Bleil, U., Botz, R., Mudie, P., Pfirman, S., Sundvor, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Barents Sea; Greenland; Gakkel Ridge; Arctic Basin; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Iceberg*; Lomonosov Ridge; Polar Record; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400022695; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400022695

ABSTRACT The deep eastern Arctic basin between the Lomonosov Ridge and the Eurasian continental margin differs from other ocean basins in the very slow spreading of its floor and unusual depositional environment under perennial sea-ice cover. The recent expedition ARK IV/3 of RV Polar stern for the...