Holocene mass-transport activity and climate in outer Isfjorden, Spitsbergen: marine and subsurface evidence

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Forwick, Matthias, Vorren, Tore O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Svensksunddjupet; Vardebreen; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683607080510; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683607080510

The analyses of high-resolution seismic data, swath bathymetry data and sediment cores from the basin Svensksunddjupet in Isfjorden, Spitsbergen, reveal the deposits of repeated slope failures. Most of the slope failures occurred during three periods at c. 9650 cal. BP, 8350—8200 cal. BP and 3000 ca...