Quaternary sediments in the northwestern part of the Barents Sea and their relation to the underlying Mesozoic bedrock

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: BJØRLYKKE, K., BUE, B., ELVERHØT, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1978
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Spitsbergen Bank; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1978.tb00310.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1978.tb00310.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1978.tb00310.x

ABSTRACT A sedimentological study of Quaternary sediments from the northwestern part of the Barents Sea shows that their composition is controlled by the underlying Mesozoic bedrock and that very little sediment has been supplied from outside sources. The Quaternary sediments consist of Pleistocene...