Submarine mass wasting on Hovgaard Ridge, Fram Strait, European Arctic

• Main Authors: Forwick, Matthias, Laberg, Jan Sverre, Husum, Katrine, Gales, Jenny A.
• Other Authors: Lamarche, Geoffroy, Mountjoy, Joshu, Bull, Suzanne, Hubble, Tom, Krastel, Sebastian, Lane, Emily, Micallef, Aaron, Moscardelli, Lorena, Mueller, Christof, Pecher, Ingo, Woelz, Susanne
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Hovgaard; Fram Strait
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/401563/

Hovgaard Ridge is an 1800 m high bathymetric high in the Fram Strait, the only deep-water gateway between the Arctic Ocean and the other World’s oceans. The slopes of the ridge provide evidence of various types of sediment reworking, including (1) up to 12 km wide single and merged slide scars with...