A new 6Myr stratigraphic framework for the Atlantic-Arctic Gateway

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-178

  Mattingsdal, Rune ^a   Knies, Jochen ^a,b   Andreassen, Karin ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a,b   Husum, Katrine ^a   Grøsfjeld, Kari ^b   De Schepper, Stijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic Arctic Gateway; Depositional setting; High resolution seismic data; Ocean Drilling Program (ODP); Paleoenvironment; Stratigraphic framework; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SVALBARD; YERMAK PLATEAUX;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEISMIC DATA; SHELF BREAK; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; YERMAK PLATEAU;

EID: 84900390926     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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