Triassic Channel Systems on the northern Loppa High, SW Barents Sea

• Main Author: Arntzen, Marit
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; Triassic; Barents Sea; Channels; GEO-3900; Loppa; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12905

During the Triassic, the Barents Sea Basin was filled with sediments from the Uralian and Caledonian mountain belts. High sediment yield and large river systems made progradation possible, resulting in an alluvial to deltaic plain stretching from the mountain belts in the south east to Spitsbergen i...