Glacimarine Drainage Systems in Deep-sea: The NAMOC System of the Labrador Sea and its Sibling

The continental Pleistocene Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) had far-reaching marine influence in shaping the ocean-floor adjacent to ice margin. The basinwide submarine-canyon and deep-sea channel system of the Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC) of the Labrador Sea is the submarine continuation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hesse, Reinhard, Klaucke, Ingo, Khodabakhsh, Saeed, Ryan, William B. F.
Other Authors: Davies, Thomas A.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Springer 1997
Subjects:
Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel
Ice Sheet
Labrador Sea
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56187/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56187/1/Glacimarine%20drainage%20systems_Hesse.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5820-6_95
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Summary:The continental Pleistocene Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) had far-reaching marine influence in shaping the ocean-floor adjacent to ice margin. The basinwide submarine-canyon and deep-sea channel system of the Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC) of the Labrador Sea is the submarine continuation of the drainge system of the LIS on land, forming an interconnected land/sea drainage system 6,000 km long, one of the word’s longest drainage systems of Pleistocene age. The submarine portion forms a dual system, consisting of the mud-dominated NAMOC with its tributaries and a submarine sandy braid-plain.

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