The Cenozoic western Svalbard margin: sediment geometry and sedimentary processes in an area of ultraslow oceanic spreading

• Published in: Marine Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Amundsen, Ingrid Marie Hasle, Blinova, Maria, Hjelstuen, Berit Oline, Mjelde, Rolf, Haflidason, Haflidi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: Ultraslow spreading ridge; Glaciations; Sedimentary processes; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; Barents Sea; Bellsund; Knipovich Ridge; Svalbard; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; North Atlantic; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/5445; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-011-9127-z

The northeastern high-latitude North Atlantic is characterised by the Bellsund and Isfjorden fans on the continental slope off west Svalbard, the asymmetrical ultraslow Knipovich spreading ridge and a 1,000 m deep rift valley. Recently collected multichannel seismic profiles and bathymetric records...