• The role of ocean and atmospheric dynamics in the marine-based collapse of the last Eurasian Ice Sheet 

      Sejrup, Hans Petter; Hjelstuen, Berit Oline Blihovde; Patton, Henry; Esteves, Mariana; Winsborrow, Monica; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Andreassen, Karin Marie; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-19)
      Information from former ice sheets may provide important context for understanding the response of today’s ice sheets to forcing mechanisms. Here we present a reconstruction of the last deglaciation of marine sectors of the Eurasian Ice Sheet, emphasising how the retreat of the Norwegian Channel and the Barents Sea ice streams led to separation of the British-Irish and Fennoscandian ice sheets at ...
    • Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait 

      Cooke, Frances Ann; Plaza-Faverola, Andreia; Bünz, Stefan; Sultan, Nabil; Ramachandran, Hariharan; Bedle, Heather; Patton, Henry; Singhroha, Sunny; Knies, Jochen Manfred (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-30)
      Seafloor hydrocarbon seepage is a natural fluid release process that occurs worldwide on continental shelves, slopes, and in deep oceanic basins. The Vestnesa sedimentary ridge in the eastern Fram Strait hosts a deep-water gas hydrate system that became charged with hydrocarbons ~2.7 Ma and has experienced episodic seepage along the entire ridge until a few thousand years ago, when seepage ...
    • Subglacial water storage and drainage beneath the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea ice sheets 

      Shackleton, Calvin; Patton, Henry; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Winsborrow, Monica; Kingslake, Jonathan; Esteves, Mariana da Silveira Ramos; Andreassen, Karin; Greenwood, Sarah L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-17)
      Subglacial hydrology modulates how ice sheets flow, respond to climate, and deliver meltwater, sediment and nutrients to proglacial and marine environments. Here, we investigate the development of subglacial lakes and drainage networks beneath the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea ice sheets over the Late Weichselian. Utilizing an established coupled climate/ice flow model, we calculate high-resolution, ...
    • Underexplored continental shelf gateways: timing, mechanisms and role of SW Barents Sea Gateway, Norwegian Arctic 

      Lasabuda, Amando P. E.; Hanssen, Alfred; Laberg, Jan Sverre; Rydningen, Tom Arne; Patton, Henry; Faleide, Jan Inge; Abdelmalak, Mohamed Mansour; Kjølhamar, Bent (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2022)
      Ocean gateways connecting ocean basins are crucial for water and heat circulation, which influence global temperature, climate evolution and sediment distribution. While deep-water gateways have been a major research focus by the community, very little attention has been drawn to shallower gateways located on the continental shelves, where such circulation also takes place. In this study, we investigate ...
    • Widespread natural methane and oil leakage from sub-marine Arctic reservoirs 

      Serov, Pavel; Mattingsdal, Rune; Winsborrow, Monica; Patton, Henry; Andreassen, Karin Marie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-30)
      Parceling the anthropogenic and natural (geological) sources of fossil methane in the atmosphere remains problematic due to a lack of distinctive chemical markers for their discrimination. In this light, understanding the distribution and contribution of potential geological methane sources is important. Here we present empirical observations of hitherto undocumented, widespread and extensive methane ...