Glacimarine sedimentary processes and facies on the Polar North Atlantic margins

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Dowdeswell, JA [1 ]
Elverhoi, A
Spielhagen, R
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[1] Univ Wales, Inst Geog & Earth Sci, Ctr Glaciol, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Dyfed, Wales
[2] Univ Oslo, Dept Geol, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
[3] GEOMAR, Res Ctr Marine Geosci, D-24148 Kiel, Germany
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10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00071-1
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P9 [自然地理学];
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0705 ; 070501 ;
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Major contrasts in the glaciological, oceanic and atmospheric parameters affecting the Polar North Atlantic, both over space between its eastern and western margins, and through time from full glacial to interglacial conditions, have lead to the deposition of a wide variety of sedimentary facies in these ice-influenced seas. The dynamics of the glaciers and ice sheets on the hinterlands surrounding the Polar North Atlantic have exterted a major influence on the processes, rates and patterns of sedimentation on the continental margins of the Norwegian and Greenland seas over the Late Cenozoic. The western margin is influenced by the cold East Greenland Current and the Svalbard margin by the northernmost extent of the warm North Atlantic Drift and the passage of relatively warm cyclonic air masses. In the fjords of Spitsbergen and the northwestern Parents Sea, glacial meltwater is dominant in delivering sediments. In the fjords of East Greenland the large numbers of icebergs produced from fast-flowing outlets of the Greenland Ice Sheet play a more significant role in sedimentation. During full glacials, sediments are delivered to the shelf break from fast-flowing ice streams, which drain huge basins within the parent ice sheet. Large prograding fans located on the continental slope offshore of these ice streams are made up of stacked debris hows. Large-scale mass failures, turbidity currents, and gas-escape structures also rework debris in continental slope and shelf settings. Even during interglacials, both the margins and the deep ocean basins beyond them retain a glacimarine overprint derived from debris in far-travelled icebergs and sea ice. Under full glacial conditions, the glacier influence is correspondingly stronger, and this is reflected in the glacial and glacimarine facies deposited at these times. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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