Morphology, geology and oceanography of the Hinlopen Strait and Trough, Svalbard, Norway

The Hinlopen Strait and Trough (Fig. 1) form a strikingly linear NW-SE feature, extending from Svalbard across the shelf and onto the Arctic Sea slope. Maximum water depths exceed 400111, but a number of sills, some presumably structural and others sedimentary. divide the strait/trough into a series...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Pfirman, Stephanie, Milliman, John D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
Subjects:
Arctic
Svalbard
Norway
Hinlopen Strait
Polar Research
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2465
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6893
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Summary:The Hinlopen Strait and Trough (Fig. 1) form a strikingly linear NW-SE feature, extending from Svalbard across the shelf and onto the Arctic Sea slope. Maximum water depths exceed 400111, but a number of sills, some presumably structural and others sedimentary. divide the strait/trough into a series of basins. Acoustically transparent sediment, which locally is thicker than 60 m in some basins, is probably late Quaternary in age, The upper 1-5m are Holocene, and were probably influenced by Atlantic water from the Arctic extension of the West Spitsbergen Current.

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