The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change
This paper presents a summary of the results of a detailed multidisciplinary study of the near surface geology of the Dogger Bank in the southern central North Sea, forming part of a site investigation for a major windfarm development undertaken by the Forewind consortium. It has revealed that the D...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:517943 2023-05-15T16:13:06+02:00 The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change Cotterill, Carol J. Phillips, Emrys James, Leo Forsberg, Carl Fredrik Tjelta, Tor Inge Carter, Gareth Dove, Dayton 2017 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517943/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517943/1/Cotterill%20et%20al%20Dogger%20Bank%20QSR.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.006 en eng Elsevier https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517943/1/Cotterill%20et%20al%20Dogger%20Bank%20QSR.pdf Cotterill, Carol J.; Phillips, Emrys; James, Leo; Forsberg, Carl Fredrik; Tjelta, Tor Inge; Carter, Gareth; Dove, Dayton. 2017 The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 171. 136-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.006> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.006 2023-02-04T19:45:24Z This paper presents a summary of the results of a detailed multidisciplinary study of the near surface geology of the Dogger Bank in the southern central North Sea, forming part of a site investigation for a major windfarm development undertaken by the Forewind consortium. It has revealed that the Dogger Bank is internally complex rather than comprising a simple “layer cake” of the Quaternary sediments as previously thought. Regional and high-resolution seismic surveys have enabled a revised stratigraphic framework to be established for the upper part of this sequence which comprises the Eem (oldest), Dogger Bank, Bolders Bank formations and Botney Cut Formation (youngest), overlain by a typically thin Holocene sequence. Detailed mapping of key horizons identified on the high-resolution seismic profiles has led to the recognition of a series of buried palaeo-landsystems which are characterised by a range of features including; glacial, glacifluvial and fluvial channels, a large-scale glacitectonic thrust-moraine complex with intervening ice-marginal basins, a lacustrine basin and marine ravinement surfaces. Interpretation of these buried landscapes has enabled the development of an environmental change model to explain the evolution of the Dogger Bank. This evolution was driven by the complex interplay between climate change, ice sheet dynamics and sea level change associated with the growth and subsequent demise of the British and Irish and Fennoscandian ice sheets during the Weichselian glaciation. Following the decay of these ice sheets the Dogger Bank entered a period of significant climatic and environmental flux which saw a terrestrial landscape being progressively inundated as sea levels rose during the Holocene. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Dogger Bank ENVELOPE(2.333,2.333,54.833,54.833) Quaternary Science Reviews 171 136 153 |
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This paper presents a summary of the results of a detailed multidisciplinary study of the near surface geology of the Dogger Bank in the southern central North Sea, forming part of a site investigation for a major windfarm development undertaken by the Forewind consortium. It has revealed that the Dogger Bank is internally complex rather than comprising a simple “layer cake” of the Quaternary sediments as previously thought. Regional and high-resolution seismic surveys have enabled a revised stratigraphic framework to be established for the upper part of this sequence which comprises the Eem (oldest), Dogger Bank, Bolders Bank formations and Botney Cut Formation (youngest), overlain by a typically thin Holocene sequence. Detailed mapping of key horizons identified on the high-resolution seismic profiles has led to the recognition of a series of buried palaeo-landsystems which are characterised by a range of features including; glacial, glacifluvial and fluvial channels, a large-scale glacitectonic thrust-moraine complex with intervening ice-marginal basins, a lacustrine basin and marine ravinement surfaces. Interpretation of these buried landscapes has enabled the development of an environmental change model to explain the evolution of the Dogger Bank. This evolution was driven by the complex interplay between climate change, ice sheet dynamics and sea level change associated with the growth and subsequent demise of the British and Irish and Fennoscandian ice sheets during the Weichselian glaciation. Following the decay of these ice sheets the Dogger Bank entered a period of significant climatic and environmental flux which saw a terrestrial landscape being progressively inundated as sea levels rose during the Holocene. |
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Cotterill, Carol J. Phillips, Emrys James, Leo Forsberg, Carl Fredrik Tjelta, Tor Inge Carter, Gareth Dove, Dayton The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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The evolution of the Dogger Bank, North Sea: a complex history of terrestrial, glacial and marine environmental change |
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