Pleistocene glacial history of the NW European continental margin

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Sejrup, Hans Petter, Hjelstuen, Berit Oline, Dahlgren, K.I. Torbjørn, Haflidason, Haflidi, Kuijpers, Antoon, Nygård, Atle, Praeg, Daniel, Stoker, Martyn S., Vorren, Tore O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Svalbard; Lofoten; Loch Lomond
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18702/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02648172

In this paper new and previously published data on the Pleistocene glacial impact on the NW European margin from Ireland to Svalbard (between c. 48°N–80°N) are compiled. The morphology of the glaciated part of the European margin strongly reflects repeated occurrence of fast-moving ice streams, crea...