3D sedimentary architecture showing the inception of an Ice Age
Abstract: Northeast Atlantic climate shifted into the Quaternary Ice Age around 2.6 M yr ago. Until now, however, the detailed changes associated with this inception of an Ice Age have remained obscure. New high-quality three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed geological record of buried sur...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/323778 2023-07-30T04:04:13+02:00 3D sedimentary architecture showing the inception of an Ice Age Løseth, H. Dowdeswell, J. A. Batchelor, C. L. Ottesen, D. 2021-06-12T15:29:49Z text/xml application/pdf https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.71236 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/323778 en eng Nature Publishing Group UK Nature Communications doi:10.17863/CAM.71236 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/323778 Article /704/106/413 /704/2151/213 /704/2151/213/4116 /704/2151/215 /134 /123 Article 2021 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.71236 2023-07-10T21:40:52Z Abstract: Northeast Atlantic climate shifted into the Quaternary Ice Age around 2.6 M yr ago. Until now, however, the detailed changes associated with this inception of an Ice Age have remained obscure. New high-quality three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed geological record of buried surfaces, landforms and sedimentary architecture over vast parts of the Norwegian North Sea. Here, we show the sequence of near-coast geological events spanning the Northeast Atlantic inception of an Ice Age. We identify the location of immediate pre-glacial fluvially derived sandy systems where rivers from the Norwegian mainland built marine deltas. The stratigraphic position of a large submarine channel, formed by enhanced meltwater from initial build-up of local glaciers, is also shown. Finally, we document the transition to full ice-sheet growth over Scandinavia from the ice sheet’s earliest position to the later pattern of debris-flow lobes reaching the present-day shelf edge. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Northeast Atlantic Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
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Abstract: Northeast Atlantic climate shifted into the Quaternary Ice Age around 2.6 M yr ago. Until now, however, the detailed changes associated with this inception of an Ice Age have remained obscure. New high-quality three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed geological record of buried surfaces, landforms and sedimentary architecture over vast parts of the Norwegian North Sea. Here, we show the sequence of near-coast geological events spanning the Northeast Atlantic inception of an Ice Age. We identify the location of immediate pre-glacial fluvially derived sandy systems where rivers from the Norwegian mainland built marine deltas. The stratigraphic position of a large submarine channel, formed by enhanced meltwater from initial build-up of local glaciers, is also shown. Finally, we document the transition to full ice-sheet growth over Scandinavia from the ice sheet’s earliest position to the later pattern of debris-flow lobes reaching the present-day shelf edge. |
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3D sedimentary architecture showing the inception of an Ice Age |
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