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A late-Holocene multi-proxy record from the northern Norwegian margin: Temperature and salinity variability
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-01)To elucidate the natural variability of Atlantic and Coastal water, a late-Holocene multi-proxy analysis is performed on a marine sediment core from the northern Norwegian margin. This includes planktic foraminiferal fauna and their preservation indicators, stable isotopes (δ18Oc, δ13C), sub-surface temperature (SSTMg/Ca) and salinity (SSS) records based on paired Mg/Ca and δ18Oc measurements of ... -
Life on the edge: Active microbial communities in the Kryos MgCl2-brine basin at very low water activity
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-17)The Kryos Basin is a deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basin (DHAB) located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (34.98°N 22.04°E). It is filled with brine of re-dissolved Messinian evaporites and is nearly saturated with MgCl<sub>2</sub>-equivalents, which makes this habitat extremely challenging for life. The strong density difference between the anoxic brine and the overlying oxic Mediterranean seawater ... -
Limited grounding-line advance onto the West Antarctic continental shelf in the easternmost Amundsen Sea Embayment during the last glacial period
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-25)Precise knowledge about the extent of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; c. 26.5–19 cal. ka BP) is important in order to 1) improve paleo-ice sheet reconstructions, 2) provide a robust empirical framework for calibrating paleo-ice sheet models, and 3) locate potential shelf refugia for Antarctic benthos during the last glacial period. However, reliable reconstructions ... -
Linking facies variations, organic carbon richness and bulk bitumen content – A case study of the organic-rich Middle Triassic shales from eastern Svalbard
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-03)The organic-rich shales of the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation in Svalbard and its correlative units offshore are considered important source rock intervals for oil and gas generation in the Norwegian Barents Shelf region. Detailed investigation of these intervals is essential to better understand the intra source rock variations and thus to improve exploration models. As source rocks are rarely ... -
Linking onshore-offshore basement rock architecture and brittle faults on the submerged strandflat along the SW Barents Sea margin, using high-resolution (5 x 5 m) bathymetry data
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Linking tectonostratigraphy and denudation history: insights from a mass balance approach
(Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2017)<p>The offshore deep-sea stratigraphy provides the archive for reconstructing the paleoenvironment of the surrounding land and continental shelf areas. Mapping of seismic reflections as well as borehole correlation may identify the processes and timing of basin infilling. Regional and local tectonic events will be linked to other controlling factors in defining the structural configuration in order ... -
Linking the basement geology along the Africa-South America coasts in the South Atlantic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-13)The match of geological units of the dissected Kaoko-Dom Feliciano-Gariep orogenic system exposed along the coasts of the South Atlantic is poorly understood. Two suites of intrusive rocks crop out in the Angra Fria Bay area, a part of the Coastal Terrane of the Kaoko Belt in Namibia. U–Pb zircon dating of three samples from the younger suite provided ages of 574 ± 6, 586 ± 3 and 584 ± 7 Ma, similar ... -
Linking the modern distribution of biogenic proxies in High Arctic Greenland shelf sediments to sea ice, primary production and Arctic-Atlantic inflow
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-09)The eastern north coast of Greenland is considered to be highly sensitive to the ongoing Arctic warming, but there is a general lack of data on modern conditions and in particular on the modern distribution of climate and environmental proxies to provide a baseline and context for studies on past variability. Here we present a detailed investigation of 11 biogenic proxies preserved in surface sediments ... -
Lithium enrichment of the magmatic-hydrothermal fluid in albite-spodumene pegmatite from Lijiagou, Eastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from fluid inclusions
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-19)Albite-spodumene pegmatites, which are remarkable resources of Li worldwide, may experience both magmatic-hydrothermal transition and sub-solidus hydrothermal alteration during their formation and evolution. However, fluids involved in the different stages of the evolution of a spodumene-bearing pegmatitic systems are not well defined, especially at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition stage. In the ... -
Living and dead foraminiferal assemblages of the last decades from Kveithola Trough: Taphonomic processes and ecological highlights
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-15)We examine the living and dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the topmost 10 cm (using 150 μm sieve fraction) of three sedimentological short records collected in the Kveithola Trough (northwest Barents Sea). Our aim is to reconstruct the environmental variations of the last decades, connected to the interaction among the North Atlantic and the Arctic water masses. Our samples are collected ... -
The Ljubija geothermal field: A herald of the Pangea break-up (NW Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-29)The Ljubija ore deposits are the loci typici of siderite-barite-polysulphide deposits within the Inner Dinarides, Gemerides and Eastern Alps. Numerous sites of ore outcrops, smaller or larger ore bodies of mineralization, consisting of Fe carbonates, sulphides, barite and fluorite are scattered over an area of 150 square km. The half billion tons of iron ore resources occur as replacement in ... -
Local Seismicity and Sediment Deformation in the West Svalbard Margin: Implications of Neotectonics for Seafloor Seepage
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-12)In the Fram Strait, mid-ocean ridge spreading is represented by the ultra-slow system of the Molloy Ridge, the Molloy Transform Fault and the Knipovich Ridge. Sediments on oceanic and continental crust are gas charged and there are several locations with documented seafloor seepage. Sedimentary faulting shows recent stress release in the sub-surface, but the drivers of stress change and its influence ... -
Locally Resolved Stress-State in Samples During Experimental Deformation: Insights Into the Effect of Stress on Mineral Reactions
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-17)Understanding conditions in the Earth's interior requires data derived from laboratory experiments. Such experiments provide important insights into the conditions under which mineral reactions take place as well as processes that control the localization of deformation in the deep Earth. We performed Griggs-type general shear experiments in combination with numerical models, based on continuum ... -
The Lomfjorden Fault Zone in eastern Spitsbergen (Svalbard)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-14)The Lomfjorden Fault Zone in the eastern part of Spitsbergen is one of the prominent structures in Svalbard oriented parallel to the continental margin of the Barents Shelf. It consists of a network of three N–S-striking major faults (Veteranen, Lomfjorden, and Agardhbukta faults), two N–S-striking reverse faults (Lomfjella and Bjørnfjellet reverse faults), and a number of NE–SW- and NNW–SSE-striking ... -
Long-lasting Cadomian magmatic activity along an active northern Gondwana margin: U–Pb zircon and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the Brunovistulian Domain, eastern Bohemian Massif
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-03)Cadomian magmatic complexes of the Brunovistulian Domain crop out at the eastern termination of the Bohemian Massif. However, the age, nature and geotectonic affinity of some of pre-Variscan (meta-)igneous rock complexes from this domain are still unknown. Geochronological and geochemical study of the granitic rocks across the Brunovistulian Domain reveals new information about the timing and nature ... -
Long-lasting Cadomian magmatic activity along an active northern Gondwana margin: U–Pb zircon and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the Brunovistulian Domain, eastern Bohemian Massif
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-03)Cadomian magmatic complexes of the Brunovistulian Domain crop out at the eastern termination of the Bohemian Massif. However, the age, nature and geotectonic affinity of some of pre-Variscan (meta-)igneous rock complexes from this domain are still unknown. Geochronological and geochemical study of the granitic rocks across the Brunovistulian Domain reveals new information about the timing and nature ... -
Long-term fluid expulsion revealed by carbonate crusts and pockmarks connected to subsurface gas anomalies and palaeo-channels in the central North Sea
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-19)Gas seepage through the seafloor into the water column is inferred based on acoustic mapping, video observations and geochemical analyses at multiple locations in the Viking Graben and Utsira High areas of the central North Sea. Flares in the Viking Graben occur both inside and along the periphery of a submarine melt water channel where pockmarks (up to 500 m in diameter) and methane-derived carbonate ... -
The Lower Cretaceous of Svalbard and its relevance for exploration in the northern Barents Sea
(Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2017)The Lower Cretaceous succession in the Barents Sea is listed as a potential play model by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Reservoirs may occur in deep to shallow marine clastic wedges located in proximity to palaeo-highs and along basin margins. In addition, shelf-prism-scale clinoforms with high amplitude anomalies in their top- and bottomsets have been reported from reflection seismic but ... -
The Lower Cretaceous succession of the northwestern Barents Shelf: Onshore and offshore correlations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-24)The Lower Cretaceous succession in the Barents Sea is listed as a potential play model by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Reservoirs may occur in deep to shallow marine clastic wedges located in proximity to palaeo-highs and along basin margins. In addition, shelf-prism-scale clinoforms with high amplitude anomalies in their top- and bottomsets have been reported from reflection seismic but ... -
Luminescence characteristics of Scandinavian quartz, their connection to bedrock provenance and influence on dating results
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-23)The success of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating relies to a large extent on suitable characteristics of the analysed mineral, in this case quartz. Previous OSL dating of Quaternary sediments in Scandinavia has shown that quartz characteristics vary widely across the region, resulting in dating studies with varied success. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of quartz ...
