The geological implications of the upper seismic unit, southeastern Barents Sea

An upper Quaternary seismic unit has been mapped to the east and southeast of Bjern~yrennain the Barents Sea. The unit is dcfined by interpretation of shallow seismic (sparker) data, and occurs as an upper, seismically transparent sequence in the Quaternary succcssion. Discontinuous internal reflect...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Sættem, Joar, Hamborg, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2466
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i3.6894
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Summary:An upper Quaternary seismic unit has been mapped to the east and southeast of Bjern~yrennain the Barents Sea. The unit is dcfined by interpretation of shallow seismic (sparker) data, and occurs as an upper, seismically transparent sequence in the Quaternary succcssion. Discontinuous internal reflections do, however, occasionally occur, especially in the lower part of the unit. The sediments in the unit are interpreted to be of a glaciogenic origin and they most likely consist mainly of tlll.