• Contour current driven continental slope-situated sandwaves with effects from secondary current processes on the Barents Sea margin offshore Norway 

      King, Edward L.; Bøe, Reidulv; Bellec, Valérie K.; Rise, Leif Christian; Skardhamar, Jofrid; Ferré, Bénédicte; Dolan, Margaret F.J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-15)
      Seabed data acquired from the southern Barents Sea continental margin offshore Norway reveal detailed morphology of large sandwave fields. Multibeam echosounder bathymetry and backscatter, shallow seismic, sediment samples and seabed video data collected by the MAREANO program have been used to describe and interpret the morphology, distribution and transport of the sandwaves. The bedforms lie on a ...
    • High-resolution 3D seismic exhibits new insights into the middle-late Pleistocene stratigraphic evolution and sedimentary processes of the Bear Island trough mouth fan 

      Waage, Malin; Bünz, Stefan; Bøe, Reidulv; Mienert, Jurgen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-21)
      Arctic Ocean trough mouth fans (TMFs) represent a valuable archive of glacial-interglacial sedimentary processes that are especially important when reconstructing pre-Weichselian glaciations that may lack distinct imprints on the shelves. In 2011, we acquired the first high-resolution 3D seismic cube (~3 m vertical and 6 m horizontal resolution) on the continental slope of the SW Barents Sea by use ...
    • Nordic Seas polynyas and their role in preconditioning marine productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum 

      Knies, Jochen; Koseoglu, Denizcan; Rise, Leif; Baeten, Nicole; Bellec, Valerie K; Bøe, Reidulv; Klug, Martin; Panieri, Giuliana; Jernas, Patrycja Ewa; Belt, Simon T. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-27)
      Arctic and Antarctic polynyas are crucial sites for deep-water formation, which helps sustain global ocean circulation. During glacial times, the occurrence of polynyas proximal to expansive ice sheets in both hemispheres has been proposed to explain limited ocean ventilation and a habitat requirement for marine and higher-trophic terrestrial fauna. Nonetheless, their existence remains equivocal, ...