Sediment Properties, Flow Characteristics, and Depositional Environment of Submarine Mudflows, Bear Island Fan

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Bowles, Frederick A., Faas, Richard W., Vogt, Peter R., Sawyer, William B., Stephens, Kevin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Aquila Digital Community 2003
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Bear Island Fan; mudflows; sediment properties; rheology; Earth Sciences; Geology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Bear Island; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/3245; https://doi-org.lynx.lib.usm.edu/10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00089-6

Recent gravity flows on the Bear Island Fan consist of fine-grained sediments that presently exhibit high densities (1.8–2.0 g/cm3), low water contents (30–40% dry weight), and high (estimated) yield strengths (1100–1350 Pa). Rheological analyses, however, reveal exceptionally low yield strengths (3...