Continued warming of the Arctic Ocean in coming decades is projected to trigger the release of teragrams (1 Tg = 106 tons) of methane from thawing subsea permafrost on shallow continental shelves and dissociation of methane hydrate on upper continental slopes. On the shallow shelves (<100 m water depth), methane released from the seafloor may reach the atmosphere and potentially amplify global ...

Norwegian fjord sediments are promising archives for very high resolution records of past environmental changes. Recent investigations of the modern depositional environment within fjords revealed that the accurate quantification of the inputs, sources, and sedimentary preservation of organic and inorganic material is crucial to decipher long term past climate signals in the sedimentary record ...

Rare CO2 flux measurements from Arctic pack ice show that two types of ice contribute to the release of CO2 from the ice to the atmosphere during winter and spring: young, thin ice with a thin layer of snow and older (several weeks), thicker ice with thick snow cover. Young, thin sea ice is characterized by high salinity and high porosity, and snow-covered thick ice remains relatively warm ( >  −7.5 °C) ...

During the Triassic, the Barents Sea Basin was filled with sediments from the Uralian and Caledonian mountain belts. High sediment yield and large river systems made progradation possible, resulting in an alluvial to deltaic plain stretching from the mountain belts in the south east to Spitsbergen in the north.This thesis focuses on the northwestern part of the Loppa High area, SW Barents Sea. The ...

The Sulitjelma deposits, Nordland, Northern Norway, with more than 20 Zn-Cu ore bodies (total tonnage excesses 35 Mt of ore at 1.84 % Cu, 0.86 % Zn, 10 g/t Ag and 0.25 g/t Au) have been described as a classic example of the Zn-Cu volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) mineralization. The mineralization is spatially associated with metamorphosed mafic rocks of Ordovician age. Both, ore bodies and their ...

Rockfalls are blocks of rock that bounce and roll down slopes. They are commonly detached from rock-slopes with inclinations over 40-45°. They embody high energy and mobility and are a major cause of landslide related deaths. Rockfalls can be simulated using empirical relationships and modelling, of which 2D and 3D variants exist for the latter. 3D models allow for rock fragment- and surface shape ...

Vurdering av skredfare og sikringstiltak i Kåfjord kommune i Troms viste i 2012 at en driftsbygning ved Holmen i Kåfjorddalen var utsatt for steinsprang fra Oksfjellet. Det er registrert flere steinsprang i tillegg til bevegelser i et mindre fjellparti under toppen av Oksfjellet. Studieområdet over Holmen har dermed et unikt potensiale for å studere flere problemstillinger tilknyttet steinsprang. ...

The 3D geometrical evolution of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet (BSIS), particularly during its late-glacial retreat phase, remains largely ambiguous due to the paucity of direct marine- and terrestrial-based evidence constraining its horizontal and vertical extent and chronology. One way of validating the numerous BSIS reconstructions previously proposed is to collate and apply them under a wide range ...

This study investigates for the first time the tide-influenced fjord-head delta in Dicksonfjorden, a fjord in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. In order to examine the deposits and processes, sediment cores, surface observations and bulk samples have been obtained. Sedimentary facies, log transects and composite logs are presented. Sediment cores are dated with the 210Pb dating method to provide an ...

The Late Paleozoic sedimentary environments of the Ottar basin in the SW Barents Sea was studied using five 3D seismic surveys. By the use of seismic stratigraphic analysis and correlation to wells located in close proximity to the study area, the Paleozoic succession has been subdivided into 4 main units: Billefjorden Group (Late Devonian – Mid Carboniferous), Gipsdalen Group (Mid Carboniferous – ...