Sediment deformation atop the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic Ocean: Evidence for gas-charged sediment mobilization

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Kristoffersen, Yngve, Hall, John K., Nilsen, Espen Harris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Franz Josef Land; Greenland; Central Arctic; Lomonosov Ridge; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3055632; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105555

We have used a hovercraft platform drifting with the sea ice to acquire the first digitally recorded seismic reflection data transects across the Canada/Greenland (89°N-85°N) section of the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic Ocean. The flat-lying, laterally uniform Cenozoic sediment package on top of t...