A submarine fan in the Amundsen Basin, Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Yngve Kristo¡ersen A, Mikhail Y. Sorokin B, Wilfried Jokat C, Oddny Svendsen D
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Amundsen Basin; bottom features; submarine fan; glaci-marine sedimentation; Arctic; Greenland; North Pole; amundsen basin; Lincoln Sea; Lomonosov Ridge; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.488.7641; http://www.geo.uib.no/hjemmesider/yngve/docs/MarineGeology_2004.pdf

Seismic reflection data from drifting ice stations and an icebreaker survey document the presence of a submarine fan along the east flank of the Lomonosov Ridge in the Amundsen Basin, Arctic Ocean. The fan extends from a source area at the North Greenland and Canadian Arctic continental margin to th...