Late Cenozoic prograding wedges on the NW European continental margin : their formation and relationship to tectonics and climate

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Torbjorn Dahlgren, K.I., Vorren, Tore O., Stoker, Martyn S., Nielsen, Tove, Nygard, Atle, Sejrup, Petter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Norway; Tilting; Fennoscandian; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18313/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02648172

During late Pliocene to Pleistocene times, prominent prograding wedges were deposited along the continental margin of NW Europe, resulting in seaward shelf break migration of up to 150 km. Much of the sediment accumulation occurred marginal to the former mid- to high-latitude ice sheets. The geograp...