The Sea-Floor Relief in the Region of Vest Spitsbergen (Summary Only) (Relef dna v Rayone Zapadnogo Shpitsbergena)

The region of the Spitsbergen archipelago, composed mainly of Caledonides, is situated immediately adjacent to the underwater mountain system of the mid-ocean ridge, including the Knipovich Ridge on the west and the Gakkel' Ridge on the north, and also the Spitsbergen Fracture Zone which separa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kotenev,B. N., Matishov,G. G.
Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*Ocean bottom
*Geomorphology
Arctic Ocean islands
Faults(Geology)
Arctic regions
Translations
USSR
*Spitsbergen
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Gakkel Ridge
Knipovich Ridge
Murmansk
Spitsbergen Fracture Zone
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0778701
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Summary:The region of the Spitsbergen archipelago, composed mainly of Caledonides, is situated immediately adjacent to the underwater mountain system of the mid-ocean ridge, including the Knipovich Ridge on the west and the Gakkel' Ridge on the north, and also the Spitsbergen Fracture Zone which separates these ridges. Based on an analysis of echo sounding and published data, the main morphological features of the sea floor in the region of Vest Spitsbergen are described in this paper. Trans. of Voprosy Okeanologii i Kompleksnykh. Issledovanii Shelfa Barentseva i Belogo Morei, Murmansk, Dec 72. Tezisy Dokladov, n.p., n.d., p26-29, by Richard S. Relac, and Norman Z. Cherkis.

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